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‘Pulp Fiction’ Turns 30: How Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece Saved Careers, Conquered Film Festivals and Changed Cinema Forever


For the 30th anniversary of "Pulp Fiction," John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken and others discussed the film's legacy.

Originally conceived as an anthology by writer-director Quentin Tarantino and his longtime friend, collaborator and Video Archives coworker Roger Avary, the film evolved into a funny, violent, endlessly inventive, non-linear odyssey. DeVito: I went to Harvey [Weinstein], and he says to me, “Yeah, we’ll do this with Daniel Day-Lewis, who just won an Academy Award for ‘My Left Foot’.” I said, “The director wants John Travolta. Samuel L Jackson, Harvey Keitel, Uma Thurman and John Travolta at the “Pulp Fiction” 30th Anniversary Screening at the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection

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