Piolence and Punishment in Pulp Fiction

VIOLENCE&PUNISHMENT IN PULP FICTION         Pulp Fiction, one of the most highly acclaimed films of 1995, was without a doubt a shocking and controversial movie. Drugs, sex, and especially violence filled our eyes and our ears. Director Quentin Tarantino brought into the mainstream a genre that had never had such mass appeal, and he did it very successfully. After viewing Pulp Fiction, 2 the issues of violence and punishment arise, and we have to question what …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…some problems. At the Academy Awards, the film only won for best screenplay. The majority of the crucial Awards went to the much more acceptable and viewer-friendly film Forrest Gump. Magazines said the main reason Pulp Fiction didn't win was that it was too violent and graphic. This may be true, but Quentin Tarantino has without a doubt introduced the American public to a new style of movie, and he has done it very successfully!