Well done. That's like a masterclass. It's one thing to experience a film, but quite another to understand the devices at work and be able to present them in such a clear and digestible format.

I always thought the payoff with Jodie was that eager look when she’s about to witness her favorite thing: a piercing. It’s probably my favorite shot of the movie.

You missed what is probably the most important set up for the over dose scence... Lance, the drug dealer, tells vincent he's out of balones and asks him if "A baggie is ok?" This is highly segnificant as heroin is usually stored in balloons, because it's hard to differ good quality H from cocain, which is uaually stored in baggies. Hance, Mia confuses the bag for coke and overdoses.

This script is so complex though, you need a part 2. You don't mention the payoff of how shaking Mia's hand is clearly a harbinger of death, and how each vignette is about saving someone, but when Julius leaves Vincent, he breaks the spell and is unable to save his partner.

:O I never noticed before that CU of Vincent and Mia shaking hands (only), and how that calls back to her saying the only thing Antoine touched of hers, again her hand, when he shook it at her wedding. Great stuff, subscribed!

Criminally underrated channel. Thanks for the video. What do you use to rip clips?

great stuff man. Thoroughly enjoyed

Another great video !! PLease make longer videos on a single topic !!

this insight is really great. thank you!

Absolute brilliant breakdown

Brilliant. I'm watching all your videos now

Well constructed analysis 👍🏾.

Awesome!!!! Channel! This is a gem!

Nice video! Keep up the good work.

This was great!

Fantastic video. Thank you. :)

Awesome. Love this stuff.

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Great stuff!

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great video!!! so very underrated

great work

Awesome :D

Great editing man

thanks

This is a good video.

I really appreciate your youtube channel. Great educational resource! I was wondering if there are a couple books that cover all of the techniques mentioned in your videos that you would recommend I purchase and read. And I am going to subscribe to your patreon for sure.

I'd love for you to do comedy scripts that don't get enough credit. Like Clue, Soapdish, and also, I think Back to the Future is one of the greatest scripts, especially as far as exposition.

Please tell/recommend about the books,videos,etc that really hepled you learn about screenplay writing and about these devices so that we too could break down any script on our own and learn from them as obviously you cannot make video on every films...btw these videos are extremely helpful.

Pulp Fiction is one long commercial. 👍

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Another brilliant example of brilliant setup and payoff concept that you didn't talk about this video essay is the famous Jules' Ezekiel 25:17 monologue. Setup: When we hear this monologue for the first time, we like Jules also think that this is something about God's wrath on bad guys. Payoff: But when we hear this monologue for second time....We realize the line between the good and bad is not always clear and can vary with different perspectives like the Jules' different interpretations of Ezekiel 25:17.

Pulp Fiction brilliance is that, chronologically, the final scene is when the "hero", Butch, leaves with his girlfriend on the motorcycle. This is how any other screenwriter would've ended this movie. Instead, the end is when our losers "anti-heroes" are resolving the conflict and potentially saving a lot of people in the restaurant. Therefore we realize the "American hero" is actually a killer and a psychopath; while the "bad gangsters" were simply following orders and aren't inherently bad people, they're just dumb. Butch, on the other hand, is a brilliantly calculating sociopath who feel no remorse for killing. By not getting the scenes in the chronological order, Quentin breaks not only his chronological order, but the one of all clichés American movies; therefore leaving us questioning our perceptions of good and bad in American entertainment as a whole.

Didn't realise how Pulp Fiction had so many of those "bomb under the tables"

Anyone who likes "Pulp Fiction" should also see "Go" (1999). It's a less psychotic version of "Pulp Fiction."

great video, dude. but you can’t make a video about pulp fiction and remove the swear words