Word: diner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Vincent (Travolta) and Jules (Jackson), henchmen of Los Angeles crime lord Marsellus Wallace (Rhames), retrieve a briefcase from some cheating kids. Three people die there, and a fourth in a getaway car. A specialist (Keitel) drops by to supervise the cleanup. At a diner, the henchmen's breakfast is interrupted by a thrill-crazy young couple (Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer) staging a holdup. He and Vincent go to see Marsellus, who is telling an aging boxer named Butch (Willis) to throw his next fight. Later, Vincent buys some potent heroin, then escorts the boss' sexy wife Mia (Thurman...
...opens a dialogue by focusing on a toilet and then peering down a hall to show one character having a conversation with another who is outside of the camera's range. Despite its originality, the camera work can sometimes be bewildering. For instance, in the opening location, a diner, we see a lot of the backs of guys' heads as they sit around a table bantering with one another...
Such audacious camera work would be lost without a solid script: luckily, the guy can write, too. What do diamond crooks talk about when they eat together in a diner? Tarantino imagines them interpeting Madonna songs as though they were literary critics: "you said 'True Blue' was about a nice girl who finds a sensitive fella. But 'Like a Virgin' was metaphor for big dicks," proclaims one enlightened criminal. From here they move to philosophising on the wrongs of society...
...Town Pasadena is where the Little Old Lady and "Beverly Hills, 90210" meet. The historic Green Hotel, once the stopping place of presidents and other personalities, is just across the street from Rose City Diner, 90210's Peach...
...ready to move on to phase 2 of your Wicked Awesome Valentine's Day Date, the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure portion of the evening. You could check out a concert or sports event at the Centrum. You could go dancing and drinking at Ralph's Diner, a popular local bar. Or you could move directly on to phase 3, provided that you, like Worcester, are wicked cool...