10 Great 'Hang Out" Movies

4. Pulp Fiction

One can tell looking at Quentin Tarantino's filmography that he's always attempting to make hang out movies himself. Huge sections of his films are dedicated to long dialogue scenes where we discover a lot about his charactes through what they say and how they interact with one another. One of the joys of watching a Tarantino film is hearing him blend the mundane with the stylized through his dialogue. Pulp Fiction is arguably the best example of Tarantino's talents, as well the one that's the most fun and exciting to occupy. The film's not so much plot as it is about behaviour and Tarantino, despite many suspenseful sequences, isn't afraid to allow the film to breath and let these characters interaact. After the claustrophobic Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction feels a lot more fun, and the fact that the film is essentially several short films, gives the film plenty of variety and texture as we're introduced to several different characters, all with a particular mind set and way of speaking. And somehow Tarantino makes even the most violent of characters, like John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson's hitmen Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield, in to guys you can't get enough of.
 
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I'm Canadian! I'm a recent graduate of the Journalism Program at the University of King's College in Halifax. I'm an aspiring actor and film critic, and lover of all things film and Shakespeare. My favourite movie is "Casablanca" and my favourite play of Shakespeare is "Othello."