Pulp Fiction analysis - part 2: Vincent and Mia

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These two are effectively depicted as being one person. On one level, Vincent and Mia represent the complementarity of yin and yang: Mia is shown as being somewhat 'butch', representing the 'man within the woman', and Vincent is depicted as being somewhat passive, suggesting the 'woman within the man'. Thus, perhaps Vincent is really trying to 'save' the female/feminine within himself.

Lance is a key figure in the story of Vincent and Mia. At one point he's shown watching an episode of The Three Stooges, where we see him not having much of any reaction to women hitting men (the 'groom' and the preacher in the episode he's watching), which is being portrayed in a humorous context in the episode. Recall that Lance is the reason Mia inhaled heroin instead of cocaine; heroin was the heavy drug of choice in the 1960's and early 70's. Perhaps one thing that is ultimately being depicted by Mia's near-death is the 'effect' of the 60's on women, but it needs to be determined exactly who or what Lance represents. Recall that he's shown wearing a white robe in his home, as if he's some sort of 'Jesus figure'. Maybe he represents the "screwed-up 'religion' of the 60's", or something like that.

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[pytheas76]

This analysis is brilliant. Whether Tarantino intended all this, or it just happens to be a coincidence, doesn't really matter. What matters is that it all makes sense, and it's all plausible. I can't wait to check out all the other stuff you've posted, man. Great work.

[MrMovieAnalyst]

@pytheas76 Thanks:)

[SaucisseMerguez]

i used to own the dvd of this film and it had an option as a feature where throughout the film, little annotations would tell facts and analysis the films scenes. that was much better than this video.

[MrMovieAnalyst]

@SaucisseMerguez So what were you expecting from a 2-minute youtube video created by an individual - a big-budget studio production with interviews of the director and major stars? Besides, I don't believe Tarantino would give away underlying themes as easily as you imply.

[jacoblemen]

NO.. I don't agree with this analysis. The things pointed out are just part of the scene and create depth in the characters. Both of which have personae that they don't normally get beneath, but the scene is all about going deeper into these characters and discovering the normalness of them..

[MrMovieAnalyst]

@jacoblemen

"NO.. I don't agree with this analysis."

What else is new?

[MrMovieAnalyst]

@ma3rui4si1 Then again, Jesus is considered by many Buddhists to have been a Buddha. There is some overlap, so to speak, between Eastern and Western religions.

[MrMovieAnalyst]

@ma3rui4si1 I'm not saying Taoism agrees with the bible or anything like that.

But the yin-yang symbolism tells us that each of the two parts has some of the other in it. That's why there's a black 'dot' in the white and vice versa. It is wrong to view yin-yang purely as opposites, foils, or even strictly as complements thought of in the typical Western way.

For further information, see the information underneath the video where it says "read this".

[ma3rui4si1]

@MrMovieAnalyst For me is scary how much power these people that are making films have and they don't have the Knowledge to afford to suggest viewers truths and roots. It is very insecure!

We must make a difference between the idea he wanted to express, the idea that we perceive, the concept on yang-yin, and the real state of things. I want to emphasize that! We shouldn't make a motley from these!

From my opinion what he had done isn't exact, nor true.

[ma3rui4si1]

@MrMovieAnalyst I have an orthodox background and I avoid taking examples from other religions just because there cannot all be true "For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens." Psalm 96,5 KJ version.

This is a theological and philosophical issue and it is wise for whom wants to know, to search and read especially what the Holy Fathers tell us, because they were close to God and they surely knew better than us.