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Why is Pulp Fiction called Pulp Fiction?
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:48 pm
What is the meaning/origin of that term, and how does it relate to the movie?
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Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:52 pm to PenguinNinja
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:53 pm to PenguinNinja
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The name refers to the magazines known as "pulp" or "pulp fiction" in the early 1900s to about WWII.
The name was chosen because of the film's use of lurid, seedy characters and situations involving violence, crime, and sex. Those elements were exploited in old pulp magazines in order to attract readership, and the film attempted to mirror certain of those elements and styles.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:54 pm to PenguinNinja
Pretty sure it refers to old horror/romance, etc. stories told in magazines and novels - kind of raising gratuitous sex and violence to the level of a genre. Not sure if the pages were actually made from wood pulp but probably so.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 4:55 pm to PenguinNinja
Refers to old crime stories in Pulp Magazines. They were known for intense dialogue and parallel stories within larger stories.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 5:21 pm to PenguinNinja
Every now and then I need a reminder of how fricking great this movies was. Thanks.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 5:22 pm to drexyl
Tarantino's best IMO
Posted on 5/9/12 at 5:23 pm to PenguinNinja
Good question
Posted on 5/9/12 at 5:37 pm to PenguinNinja
I'm glad you asked this. I've always wondered
Posted on 5/9/12 at 5:58 pm to PenguinNinja
Pulp refers back to the cheap dime novel paperbacks that were popular in the early 20th century. They dealt in lurid crime related stories which inspired noir thrillers in the 40s to the pulp era of the 70s Tarantino was inspired by where pulp has branched out into other areas like westerns,sci-fi, and fantasy.
One of my favorite Pulp Blogs, Probably NSFW.
One of my favorite Pulp Blogs, Probably NSFW.
This post was edited on 5/9/12 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 5/9/12 at 6:03 pm to CottonWasKing
quote:don't they define it at the beginning of the movie?
Message Posted by CottonWasKing I'm glad you asked this. I've always wondered
Posted on 5/9/12 at 6:12 pm to drexyl
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don't they define it at the beginning of the movie?
Maybe? Not that I remember though
Posted on 5/9/12 at 6:19 pm to drexyl
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don't they define it at the beginning of the movie?
yes.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 6:41 pm to CottonWasKing
they define pulp, not the term pulp fiction
Posted on 5/9/12 at 7:26 pm to 225bred
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they define pulp, not the term pulp fiction
i think everyone understands the word fiction...
Posted on 5/9/12 at 7:57 pm to drewhowie
I love when someone provides the definition right off in a thread like this, then like 7 people say the same thing just worded differently because they want you to know that they knew what it meant 
Posted on 5/9/12 at 8:11 pm to Tiger1242
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I love when someone provides the definition right off in a thread like this, then like 7 people say the same thing just worded differently because they want you to know that they knew what it meant
Or, just may, just perhaps, those people had opened the reply box and were typing while the first reply was being posted. Wild thought, i know.
Posted on 5/9/12 at 8:17 pm to Methuselah
All six of them? Not only highly unlikely but also there post times are all apart by enough where this didn't happen
This post was edited on 5/9/12 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 5/9/12 at 8:27 pm to Tiger1242
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ll six of them? Not only highly unlikely but also there post times are all apart by enough where this didn't happen
Well, which 7 posts were you referring to? I know I started replying before the definition was posted. And i posted like two minutes after that one by the time stamp. One person posted before me, one person posted a minute or so after me. And the majority of the rest of the posts don't seem to be trying to duplicate any definition to show off. But you're welcome to believe that if you want of course.
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