Essays on Pulp Fiction

American pulp fiction is iconic; it influenced the development of American culture for decades and maintains a lasting influence to this day in the form of comic books, movies, and current literature. Pulp fiction was printed on cheap pulp paper during the 1930s and 1940s, though they were first created in 1896, and was hugely successful because of the rising literacy rates of the American population and the cheapness and proliferation of the products themselves. Pulp fiction eventually lost its popularity during World War II when paper rationing affected the population and movies, television, comic books, and normal paperbacks ( ...

Introduction

The world of art has always been driven by an immortal tradition where the sole artist worked as the creative force and his relationship with the art was way more influential than the traditional author-art relation. In the case of films, the concept of the ‘Auteur’ explains one of the most significant styles of cinematic direction in which the director becomes too dominant over the entire film that he is being ranked as the author for the film. Some directors in the world cinema are reckoned to have such a strong authorial presence in their films that is very ...

Amy Winehouse and the Media

Amy Winehouse, a tiny jewish woman, undoubtedly, was a great talent, her music was terrific, and her voice – exceptional. She was one of those out of the ordinary popular western performers, who write their own lyrics and music. Since the majority of women “of pop” serve as middling executors of what sound producers cultivate and consider profitable. Amy Winehouse was a difficult child. Is it excluded from normal, and from drama school. The reason for that was inappropriate behavior, striking appearance, singing in class, academic failure, and drugs. Amy wasn’t worried. She planned to be a singer, but ...

“Psycho” is one of the most horrifying movies by Alfred Hitchcock. Although there were no grandiose shots, Hitchcock was able to invoke horror and thrill among the audience because of how he presented the crime scene and how he provided close ups of the victims. The black and white screen adds more horrifying effect and delivers an eerie atmosphere. Hitchcock introduces the viewers to the film’s characters and invites them to enter their world through consistent close up shots. By doing so, the audience establishes a much closer contact with the character and they seem to observe his/her experience ...

Movie Review

Review on Pulp Fiction movie by Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction is a movie directed by a Quentin Tarantino who is famous for his non-standard approach that can be hardly confused with any other movies. Pulp Fiction was released in 1994 and, undoubtedly, it is the best incarnation of all Tarantino’s unusual ideas; this is the movie which brought a fresh air into the world of cinema and led to appearance of such movies as “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, “Snatch” and many other great movies which were shot in the same manner under its influence. So, the first ...

Introduction

The question, whether art influences life or life influences art has been a much debated. While many state that art is the representation of human life and nature, many others argue that artistic depictions result in trends that have the ability to influence the human mind. It definitely seems as if “art” has influenced the society if popular culture is considered. (D) Popular culture, or as it is otherwise known, “pop” culture, is the body of ideas propounded by the majority of a society through various artistic means, such as television and cinema, and it has a impactful influence on the actions, ...

1. AN EVOLVING INDUSTRY

The advent of the Internet is placing a greater emphasis on online streaming as a means to distribute and exhibit movies online. Given that movies are so easy to pirate today with torrenting and downloads, movie studios are more desperate than ever to find legal ways to offer their movies. Today, Netflix offers a large library of movies for instant streaming that customer pay for by the month – often, this can help more independent releases, as it spotlights films that would not be seen by as many people otherwise. Independent films like ‘Ink’ and “Strictly Sexual’ would not have the followings they ...

In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film Pulp Fiction, we bear witness to an ensemble cast of unsavory characters who inhabit the underbelly of a fictional Los Angeles, including a pair of hitmen, a gangster and his wife, two lowly robbers, and a boxer who is on the lam. The title of the film is derived from the genre of dime-store crime novels that are the type of story Tarantino is paying homage to – tales of crime, sex and money, all uniquely stylized in their own way. Tarantino created his own sense of language in this film to help portray the low-income, criminal nature ...