For those of you who’ve been on sequestered juries for the past 10 years, John Travolta played a character named Vincent Vega in the movie “Pulp Fiction.”
Prior to that, Michael Madsen played a character referred to as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs. We find out in flashback that Mr. Blonde’s name is “Toothpick” Vic Vega.
Said movie will be exploring these two characters, obviously prior to the events in their respective films.
Well, maybe the movie will end with a falling-out, prompting Vincent to move to Amsterdam in a huff (and when he gets there, a huff and a puff).
Incidentally, was it intentional on QT’s part that every time Vincent came out of the bathroom, something bad was happening (Uma is overdosing, Bruce has the machine gun, Amanda and Tim are robbing the place)? It’s enough to make a guy decide to just hold it in.
I thought Tarantino was making a WWII movie next. At the rate he puts films out, if he does the Vega brothers movie and a war movie, he should be right on schedule to start filming Kill Bill 3.
What about when he were washing up with Vincent at Jimmie’s house. The only bad thing that happened when he came out of the bathroom there was getting in an argument.
Maybe the bad thing happening is in proportion to what he was doing in the bathroom. Washing-- Argument; Pissing-- Death and near death of others; Shitting-- his own death.
Yep, it’s intentional. And don’t forget about the Ranger in From Dusk Til Dawn when he uses the potty.
I watched Pulp Fiction on DVD last night with the “extended trivia mode” on. It points out several things like the fact that Travolta’s character has bad luck with bathrooms. And that the “pricks” line that Amanda Plummer gives at the beginning of the movie, and towards the end, are deliberately different, to give the illusion of different perspectives of the people involved.
Also, I never noticed until yesterday that, during Pumpkin and Honey Bunny’s scene at the beginning, you can see Travolta walk by on his way to the bathroom.
And that the waitress at the beginning (“Garcon means ‘boy’”) is also in Jackie Brown, and was one of Pulp Fiction’s music coordinators.
Lawrence Bender, who produced the film, was “Long-Haired Yuppie Scum,” in the film, as well as the Zorro waiter.
The lady who got shot by Marsellus Wallace (when he was aiming at Butch) was the same woman pulled out of the car by Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs. This same scene (where Butch is shot at by Marsellus) also features Kathy Griffin and Karen Mayumara, two comic actors who were in The Groundlings. And Venessia Valentino, who also plays Bonnie in “The Bonnie Situation.”
Jimmie Dimmick (Tarantino’s character) knows Jules because Jimmie used to be in the biz, until he married Bonnie, and then retired.
After Vincent pisses off Butch in the club (by calling him “Palooka” and “Punchy”), Butch is the one who keys Vincent’s car. I never made that connection.
Oh, and for the record, Vincent didn’t leave the gun on the counter. It was Marsellus Wallace’s. He left it there when he went to get doughnuts.
And if you read the credits, Kathy Griffin is credited as playing “herself”. So apparently Tarantino was implying that it wasn’t some random character played by Kathy Griffin witnessing the fight but Kathy Griffin the actress who happened to be passing by. What the point of that distinction is eludes me.
Little bit of both. The “extended trivia mode” says that, in the original club scene, Vincent pulls into a nearly-empty parking lot, right next to Butch’s Honda. When he pisses off Butch, it mentions that Butch gets even. And then refers back to Butch when Vincent’s talking about his car being keyed.
So you don’t actually SEE it happen, but it’s certainly laid out in “2 + 2 =” format.
