It's been over ten years since I saw Mystery Train and I
haven't seen it since, but I think there's a major difference
between how Jarmusch handles time and how Tarantino handles
time. In Mystery Train, there's always the focal point (or
whatever, I can't think of a better word here) with which
everything is depicted, but in Pulp Fiction there's simply
none. In the film there's no actual moment in time in which
the narration takes place. I think that differs greatly from
Jarmusch - and almost every other film we've seen mentioned
here - and I think that's what makes Pulp Fiction a
masterpiece.
Tarantino hasn't been able to do it again - both Kill Bill
and Death Proof left me quite cold. I really love Reservoir
Dogs and liked Jackie Brown very much, but he's been going
downhill.
Sorry if I didn't manage to explain myself fully. I talk
about this more fluently in Finnish.
Juri
PS. And hey, ask Jim to come back. It's always good to have
someone around who can make you grinde your teeth. And would
someone please explain what happened to Bill Denton? I
remember having received an e-mail from him in which he asked
whether there'd be any sense to move to Scandinavia or even
to Finland. This was five or six years back, though.
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