Russian people have such a speech trait - quoting. Sometimes without noticing it, we repeat the catch phrases from “quote films”, such as “The Diamond Arm”, “The Irony of Fate”, “DMB” and many others. As a rule, these films are of our production. But it happens that a movie appears at the box office that is instantly parsed into quotes on both sides of the ocean, regardless of the original language. This film is the cult "Pulp Fiction" by Quentin Tarantino.
Secret of success
Many films shoot at the box office as a colorful fireworks - star cast, special effects, twisted plot ... Collect a large box office and - are forgotten. And some, not distinguished by a spectacular picture, remain in the memory for decades, and interest in them does not disappear. What is the reason? In good phrases! Said aptly and witty, such quotes make any film akin to a literary work. The best phrases from Pulp Fiction:
Jules:
"Don’t tell me about foot massage, I’m a damned master in this!"
Vincent: "Well, if you play with matches - then be prepared to get burned."
Mia about awkward silence:
"Why is it obligatory for everyone to talk about nonsense in order to feel at ease?"
Mia about male gossip:
"You men, if you gossip, then worse than housewives."
Marcellas on aged boxers:
"If it seems to you that the older - the better, you're wrong."
Jules about favorite hamburgers found on the hostage table:
“Well, if you talk about love of burgers, I’m obliged to try these. I usually don’t eat them - I have a girlfriend - a vegetarian, and therefore I am partly a vegetarian. But I can’t refuse myself a taste of quality cutlets.”
Fabian about a small tummy:
"Not everything that pleases the eye is pleasing to the touch."
Wulf:
"Drive there half an hour, so wait ten minutes."
Jules:
"If my answers are scary for you, don't ask scary questions."
The power of dialogue
Many quotes from the movie Pulp Fiction are not separate phrases, but whole dialogs. Among the fans of the film, it is considered special chic when someone speaks a separate phrase, and the other picks up - thus, an entire scene is played out. The following are the best dialogue quotes from Pulp Fiction in Russian.
Mia and Vincent, outraged by the price of a milkshake:
Vincent: "Is a milk shake just ice cream with milk?" Mia: "Like that." Vincent: "Five bucks? And will they add bourbon there?"
A little bit later:
Vincent: “Damn good milkshake! I'm not sure about five bucks, but good anyway.”
Vincent: "Promise that you won’t be offended."
Mia: "And how can I promise this, not knowing what you can ask me about. Go ahead, ask what you wanted, but I, of course, can take offense and then reluctantly break my promise."
Fabian, Butch and Zed's Motorcycle:
Fabian: Whose motorcycle is this?
Butch: This is not a motorcycle, but a chopper, baby.
Fabian: Whose chopper is this?
Butch: Zeda.
Fabian: And who is Zed?
Butch: Zed is a corpse, baby, Zed is a corpse.
Jules and Jimmy, after an unpleasant incident in the car:
Jimmy: I want to ask you one question. When you arrived, did you notice a sign “Warehouse of dead niggas”?
Jules: No, I didn’t.
Jimmy: You want to know why you did not notice the sign "Warehouse dead niggas"? Jules: Why?
Jimmy: Yes, because she is not there! I don’t make money on dead niggas!
Fabian and Butch discuss blueberry pie:
Butch: Nobody eats breakfast pie.
Fabian: The cake is good at any time of the day.
Le Big Mac
A separate topic of the dialogues between Vincent and Jules, which goes through most of their conversations, is Vincent's trip to Europe and his stories that:
... they have everything there a little wrong. I mean, they have everything there exactly the same as here, only a little different ...
Vincent and Jules about differences in the police system:
Vincent: Here the cop is slowing you down - and it does not have the right to shmon. The cops have no such right there!
Jules: That's it, I'm moving there, and don't try to dissuade.
Vincent: I knew you would check it out.
Vincent and Jules about European differences in hamburgers:
Vincent: Do you want to know what is called fourth with cheese in Paris?
Jules: They don’t call him fourth with cheese?
Vincent: It's all about the metric system. A quarter pound for them is incomprehensible crap.
Jules: And how did they call him?
Vincent: They call him Royal with Cheese.
Jules: Royal with Cheese? But what then are they calling Big Mac?
Vincent: Big Mac remains Big Mac. Only they have it sounds "Le Big Mac".
And now about potatoes and mayonnaise:
Vincent: Do you know what they have there, in Holland, instead of ketchup for potatoes?
Jules: I'm afraid to find out.
Vincent: Damn mayonnaise!
Jules: Your mother!
Vincent: I saw it myself! And he does not lie in a separate bowl for dipping, they just stoke potatoes in this damn mayonnaise!
A little later, the same question about the fourth with cheese is asked to the hostage - Bred:
Jules: Do you know why?
Brad: Because of the metric?
Jules: Look, our nonsense is thinking! An intelligent son of a bitch, that's for sure - all the glades.
Quote without words
One of the highlights of the film is the dance of Mia and Vincent to the music of Chuck Berry. It is so famous that even those who haven’t watched the movie will recognize the cool “twist” movements from it. Mia's outstretched fingers, which she holds past her eyes, her hand splashes and a “twist” on her toes are also quotes from Pulp Fiction. Twist is a popular American dance that arose in the USA at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. In our country, the twist became widely known in the late 60s, after the release of the film "The Caucasian Captive, or the New Adventures of Shurik" - in it the hero Yevgeny Morgunov - Experienced - teaches "to crush the butt with his toe like that - op-op-op." By the end of the 20th century, this dance, of course, managed to go out of fashion, but after the release of “Pulp Fiction” in 1994 it again became popular - both in the USA and in Russia. In this video you can watch (and even memorize) the famous “quotes” from “Pulp Fiction” in the original.
It is believed that this dance Quentin Tarantino "spied" with another great director - Fellini, in his film "Eight and a Half." Even so - nothing surprising, Quentin himself is a great lover of citation and a connoisseur of good cinema, so real synephiles can find references to other films in all his film works.
Fuckin good milkshake!
Some quotes are so capacious and sonorous in the original that even Russian-speaking viewers are quoted without translation. The best quotes from the movie Pulp Fiction in English:
"Fuckin good milkshake!" “Damn good milkshake!” Vincent Vega exclaimed this, having tasted a cocktail, which all the same, in his opinion, does not pull on a price of five dollars. You can often hear how this phrase is pronounced in English, having tasted anything - any drink or even just some unexpectedly tasty food. If the father of the family is a fan of this film, he will certainly quote this by taking a sip of a milkshake from his offspring.
"Say" what "agayn!" - "Say" that "again!" In the hostage interrogation scene, a guy named Brad in a fright answers all questions from Jules only “what?”. Jules goes wild: "Say" that "again, and I will shoot your head off!" From the Pulp Fiction picture, quotes in English can be heard as often as in Russian, but if someone too often asks and repeats the word “what” - there is no doubt that the film's fan will answer him exactly in English, and even mimicking the intonations of Samuel L. Jackson.
Keep up, Ketchup!
One of the film’s sparkling jokes is Mia’s “not funny” joke about the Tomato family. Despite the untranslatable pun, this joke all the same became a quote from "Pulp Fiction" in Russian.
Mia: Three tomatoes are coming: dad Tomato, mom Tomato and son Tomato. Son Tomato lags all the time, and dad Tomato begins to get angry. He comes to his son, steps on him and says: "Keep up, Ketchup!"
In the original, the last phrase sounds like a pun - “ketchup” - ketchup and “catch up” - catch up, catch up.
The path of the righteous
During the film, Jules several times quotes a passage from the Bible that he really likes, but his interpretation is quite unusual. In fact, the book of the prophet Ezekiel does not mention either the path of the righteous or the shepherd. The verse of the wrath of the Lord is:
I will make great vengeance upon them with fierce punishments; and they will know that I am the Lord when I complete my vengeance on them.
And here is a quote from Jules:
The path of the righteous is difficult, because selfish and tyrants from evil people hinder him. Blessed is the shepherd who, in the name of mercy and kindness, leads the weak along with him through a valley of darkness. For it is he who is truly who cares for his neighbor and returns the lost children. And I will make great vengeance upon them with fierce punishments, over those who plan to poison and damage my brothers. And you will know that my name is Lord, when my vengeance falls upon you.
What are the quotes
Quotes from Pulp Fiction are a cultural code that distinguishes not only fans of a particular film, but also fans of Quentin Tarantino and fans of art house cinema in general. They can be put in status on a social network, you can make an inscription on a T-shirt, you can tell it as a distinctive joke. But some fans of "Pulp Fiction" do not stop there.
For example, Australian musician and blogger Christopher Bertke, better known on the net as Pogo, made an entire music video based on quotes from this film.