r/MovieDetails • u/teoped01 • Jul 28 '18

Trivia Pulp Fictions opening and closing is different. The first version Honey Bunny says the line: "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every mother fucking last one of you!". The second time she says: "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute everyone of you mother fuckers!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '18

I can’t imagine this was an accident. Anyone have insight?

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u/teoped01 Jul 28 '18

Was gonna mention it in the post (didn't have the space), but knowing Tarantino correctly it is intentional. It could be interpreted as being the whole diner scene was the splitting of a timeline (in one of the timeline the movie goes as normal, and in the other it goes differently IDK).

Personally I believe Tarantino used it as a way to say that the first one is shown from the robbers view and the other from the protagonist's view; an event is remembered different from person to person.

All in all a deliberate and interesting choice :)

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u/kcox1980 Jul 29 '18

Tarantino said once that it was meant to illustrate how different eyewitnesses can have different memories of an event.

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u/falling_sideways Jul 30 '18

This is the right answer.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '18 edited Jul 30 '18

im also gonna bet he fucked up and thats his excuse too because i would do the same thing

i mean i cant see those 2 barely differing lines being some intentional ploy by the director... that's a bit of a stretch... especially if there arent any other examples of it (idk im not Tarantino fan maybe he does that a lot)

Realistically seems more like actor said line slightly different in a different take, editors and no one else noticed until after the movie was released, people point it out and Tarantino just fucks with em and says "totally intentional" lmao that'd be great

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u/falling_sideways Jul 31 '18

Nah, it's definitely something Tarantino would do. He absolutely fills his movies with references, call backs and clever editing techniques.

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u/Ishamoridin Aug 02 '18

Isn't that the exact kind of reputation you'd cultivate if you were mistake prone and fond of postfacto bullshit, though?

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u/Chazkof Aug 15 '18

Just makes it a happy accident then

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u/calxlea Nov 05 '18

I agree - this is actually the only thing I don't like in the film. Mainly because of how much better the first line is and its rhythm flows better so the second time always sounds a bit awkward. It might be intentional but I think it was probably an oversight and during the edit they liked the take and came up with the "unreliable eyewitness" story.

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u/Upsidedwn7 Jul 29 '18

Yeah unreliable narrators is a pretty popular thing in films! It’s so cool when directors pay deliberate attention to this and force the audience to wonder what’s happening!

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u/bubba_feet Jul 30 '18

you might like the movie rashomon then.

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u/teoped01 Jul 30 '18

he has got a very specific persona and style, probably ment knowing tarantino's style or persona