Yes, the black comedy that is Pulp Fiction provides us with Tarantino's finest shot to date, and it comes courtesy of Vincent "Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face" Vega. It's not the trifling fact that he nonchalantly brushes off the accidental murdering of another human being by blaming it on his partner's careless driving (a more blatant act of passing the buck I'm yet to see), it's the sheer innocence of turning around to talk to his back-passenger whilst resting a finger on the trigger of a loaded, safety-less handgun. That, my good sir, is unsafe practise. Needless to say, the interior of Jules' 1974 white Chevy Nova was ruined (pistol blood stains are Notoriously Big and hard to remove - bravo if you got the reference) and Marvin suffered a head wound that turned out to be fatal (about 1/4 of a second after it happened) - that'll teach you for leaving MADtv! Quentin has always had a reputation for unpredictability, with moviegoers walking lazily down a path of obviousness when - Boom, Right Turn! This glorious incident was one of the first few to cement his philosophy of randomness - I mean, who would expect someone to end up dead in a scene involving two armed gangsters, a car, and a young black man? ... Don't answer that - just know that it takes the story on an alternate route to any other film before, and the large majority of films since. So there we have it, a list that no-one asked for and was bred purely out of the macabre and impetuous mind of its author. We had fun though, right? If you think I may have omitted a particularly impressive shot from what you have just read, let me know - I can think of nothing I'd rather have than people publicly picking holes in my work ... Have a happy New Year!
