I saw Pulp Fiction in the theaters back in ’94. It did go places its contemporaries didn’t, and certain scenes had a shock value that evoked uncomfortable reactions — I recall laughing quite a bit at the most sordid of them (Bruce Willis in the basement). The film was unique while openly paying homage to a mish-mash of ‘70s directors.

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Synopsis

Lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) gets in a car accident with Doyle Gipson (Samuel Jackson). Instead of doing the right thing, he hastily drives off, forgetting an important files folder. With Doyle in possession of the folder, the two men begin a morally questionable game of blackmail, largely as an outlet for intense pressures in their personal lives.

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