Pulp Fiction Homework

In Pulp fiction there are many post modern media examples. The use of intertextual elements are used through out the film. There are references to many other films throughout Pulp Fiction. Pulp fictions were inexpensive fiction magazines also known as pulp. Wildly published between the 1920's and the 1950's, pulp fiction is also the name given to mass marketed paper backs since the 1950's.

Mia wallace's haircut is a reference to Louise Brook's in pandoras box




When Marcellus Wallace walks in front of Butch's car is a refrence to a moment in Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock where Marion Crane sees her boss walk in front of her in her car afteer she staels $40,000

Marilyn Monroes skirt lifting up in the restaurant is a reference to the film seven year itch where her skirt flies up over the subway grate.




Celebrities seen serving food/in Jack Rabbit slims are
Zorro
Elvis
Marlyin Monroe
Buddy Holly
James Dean

"How do you want that shake"-Buddy Holly

The weapons Butch considers before finally choosing a Katana are references to several films.
Hammer—The Toolbox Murders (1978)
Baseball bat—Walking Tall (1973); The Untouchables (1987)
Chainsaw—The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974);The Evil Dead II (1987)
Katana-Seven Samurai (1954); The Yakuza (1975); Shogun Assassin (1980)