![]() So if we club the “The Bonnie Situation” and the “Prologue and Epilogue – The Diner”, the violence can overtake the story, a factor which Tarantino is aware of. The director seems to balance the violence, crass language and jump shocks by settling them through nonlinear storytelling. His distinctive voice of stylizing violence has become a trademark in his films. ![]() Tarantino has grown to be known as an auteur of violence. The two events are important as they set the tone of characterization for Jules. This shift of narrative is important to a Tarantino as the event of “The Diner” focuses on two crucial aspects – the arduous work done by Jules and Vincent to clean up the mess they created by accidentally killing Marvin and Jules’ decision of quitting the business after surviving a shooting. However, as the film further progresses, we get to know that it’s the fifth event of the film. “Honey Bunny”, essayed by Amanda Plummer – a burglar couple. “Pumpkin”, essayed by Tim Roth and Yolanda a.k.a. If we see the film through its visual spectrum, ‘Pulp Fiction’ introduces viewers its first characters – Ringo a.k.a. The film is known for its snappy dialogues, quirky characterization and an overplaying narrative. So, the seven sequences, when ordered chronologically, would run as “4a, 2, 6, 1, 7, 4b, 3, 5”. The director further exploited his narrative style of nonlinearity in ‘Pulp Fiction’. Tarantino used this structuring in his debut flick ‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992) where the perpetration of the heist was slowly unfolded through a series of multiple flashbacks. Tarantino, gaining reputation for his intricate and quirky writing, brought in what critics call – “Nonlinear narratives”. While directors did employ frame narratives, the complex structuring often made it difficult for them to design the plot. This all changed in the 90s as Quentin Tarantino brought in a new wave of a narrative. This literary technique over a period of time penetrated into other parts of the world, creating works such as Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ and the Middle Eastern folk tales ‘One Thousand and One Nights’.įrame Narrative, while being quite prevalent in literature, did not see much light in cinema. One of the earliest examples of Frame narratives are Sanskrit epics such as ‘Ramayana’, ‘Mahabharata’, and ‘Panchatantra’. Frame narrative has often been applied and experimented in literature. ![]() Prelude to “The Gold Watch” (a – flashback, b – present)įrame narrative is a literary technique where one story is divided into multiple stories which gradually and eventually interweave the whole concept.“Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace’s Wife”. ![]()
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