On the huge screen.
One of the landmark works of modern cinema, whether or not you appreciate it (I very, very much do so).
Directors from every continent, from different eras, have praised it as an earthquake to film language. It's impact is very similar to that of Proust's, "Remembrance of Things Past:" it warped the dimension of time in art.
Has any film given more to cultural communication?
"It's a chopper, baby."
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Topic - I'm in heaven or shortly will be so. "Pulp Fiction" is being shown at the local multiplex! Wow! - tinear 17:36:27 12/06/12 (40)
- No. Wow is the fact that you and I agree on something! - Raiderman 14:54:57 12/07/12 (13)
- "Jackie Brown" is just as good. nt - tinear 16:15:00 12/07/12 (12)
- I disagree. I don't think "Jackie Brown" is just as good. - Raiderman 09:43:34 12/14/12 (0)
- Be honest, how many times have you watched Inglorious Basterds, Either of the Kill Bills - Road Warrior 06:11:20 12/08/12 (4)
- Why is RD so far down on your list? - Jazz Inmate 18:05:17 12/20/12 (0)
- I've seen it almost as many as PF. The performances are fantastic. Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, - tinear 10:00:45 12/08/12 (2)
- RE: I've seen it almost as many as PF. The performances are fantastic. Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, - Plinko 17:58:06 12/10/12 (1)
- Tarantino is entertainment, like Pop Art. Doesn't mean it's not great; he elevates - tinear 08:15:31 12/11/12 (0)
- You make much more sense talking about Tarr nt - Victor Khomenko 16:26:50 12/07/12 (5)
- You didn't respond about, "Mysteries of Lisbon:" get it, Vic. - tinear 10:02:55 12/08/12 (4)
- We finished it last night - Victor Khomenko 07:29:39 12/11/12 (0)
- I didn't see the post... link me? nt - Victor Khomenko 11:13:03 12/08/12 (2)
- RE: I didn't see the post... link me? nt - tinear 14:26:33 12/08/12 (1)
- Thanks, I already put it in the queue - Victor Khomenko 14:36:21 12/08/12 (0)
- I don't get it. - grantv 07:26:58 12/07/12 (1)
- ...and I didn't get thru my first. What a waste of talent. (NT) - jeffreybehr 21:18:46 12/07/12 (0)
- Like most other cults, that one is superficial... but strong - Victor Khomenko 06:01:28 12/07/12 (19)
- "Happiness" by Todd Solondz is a "quiet story" by all accounts - what do you think about it? - carcass93 10:31:53 12/07/12 (15)
- "Happiness," simply, is brilliant. "But I'm not laughing," has become a - tinear 16:16:08 12/07/12 (0)
- I liked 'Welcome to the Dollhouse' moreso - Plinko 13:52:58 12/07/12 (3)
- Excellent as well, but #2 for me, Storytelling being #3. - carcass93 20:58:27 12/08/12 (2)
- I guess I am sentimental towards - Plinko 17:54:36 12/10/12 (1)
- Yeah... I'm always a bit sad when I see present-day Heather Matarrazzo. N/T - carcass93 09:05:07 12/11/12 (0)
- Geez, I don't even know if I have any such criteria. - Victor Khomenko 11:23:59 12/07/12 (9)
- Right you are about no dinner - however, the rest does not apply. - carcass93 11:46:00 12/07/12 (8)
- "not one character to feel any real sympathy for." Doesn't that describe this forum? - Victor Khomenko 12:30:44 12/07/12 (7)
- Grits for President! - tinear 16:17:32 12/07/12 (6)
- I've got a much better candidate - Victor Khomenko 16:26:00 12/07/12 (5)
- Bad girls have short shelf lives. nt - tinear 10:04:07 12/08/12 (4)
- I too have been wondering where she disappeared after her "unsuccessful run". :) - Victor Khomenko 11:12:28 12/08/12 (3)
- WT? White Trash? nt - tinear 08:02:50 12/10/12 (2)
- Oops... was meant to be the WH. nt - Victor Khomenko 12:03:03 12/10/12 (1)
- I hope you're kidding. You may not like their politics, but both adults in the WH appear - tinear 17:23:04 12/10/12 (0)
- I guess you don't appreciate early Russian abstract art, beginning with Malevich? - tinear 08:27:51 12/07/12 (2)
- I liked Malevich when I was 17... it was hip then. No mo. - Victor Khomenko 11:11:26 12/07/12 (1)
- No, not at all, Vic. PF has amazing dialogue, humor, and characters. Well, if you don't like it, you don't. nt - tinear 14:24:00 12/08/12 (0)
- any film that needs to rely on the nonlinear time ploy to maintain interest in the narrative is not worthwhile - Jazz Inmate 21:38:03 12/06/12 (3)
- Well, then, you're missing the point. You'd criticize jazz then for - tinear 08:29:26 12/07/12 (1)
- no, you are. There's a difference between a worthy film using time artfully and cinematic ploys - Jazz Inmate 18:20:23 12/10/12 (0)
- RE: Bunuel, Fellini, Tarkosky, Roeg, Antonioni, Altman, Allen, etc .. - Jeff Starrs 03:29:07 12/07/12 (0)