Movie Poster Monday: Pulp Fiction

Posted in Movie Poster Mondays by - January 31, 2011

I doubt there is a thirty-something year old in the world who didn’t have this poster on the wall of their university dorm room.

Well, except people who didn’t go to university of course.

And people who grew up in Asia or Africa. Or South America. Or one of the Russian states come to think about it. And if you weren’t into films you probably didn’t have it either.

So – I doubt there is a thirty-something who went to university in a westernised country and was a bit of a movie geek in the world who didn’t have this poster on their dorm room wall.

Although come to think about it, I didn’t see it on many girls’ dorm rooms either. But then again I never really got to see the insides of all that many girls dorm rooms anyway (at least not without climbing up ladders and peeking through windows), so I could be wrong on that one.

Anyway, you get my point. Among a certain demographic this was a extremely popular movie poster.

And ultimately that’s no surprise. It’s one of the most iconic posters there is. It’s a masterclass in stylish marketing and embodies the film perfectly without giving too much away. I love the battered and creased corners and the rich lurid almost seedy colours harking back to the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century .

And while I’ve personally always felt Uma Thurman’s beauty to be over rated, resembling as she does a bug eyed Grey alien from the X-Files, at least it didn’t have John Travolta on it. And for that I’ll be eternally grateful.

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3 Comments

  • Heath
    January 31, 2011 at 9:23 am

    I didn’t live in a dorm, but this poster did indeed grace the wall of the living room in the sharehouse I lived in. Right next to the Reservoir Dogs poster.

    I also had it on a t-shirt.

    You can probably see why I also didn’t see the inside of many girls’ dorm rooms.

  • Insomniac Mummy
    January 31, 2011 at 10:45 am

    Ha! We had this picture on our wall in the shared house I lived in at Uni. Good times!

    I remember reading an interview with Uma Thurman in which she said the thought she looked like a hammerhead shark. Ever since, everytime I see a picture of her, that is all I can think of!

  • Lee
    January 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm

    I’m reasonably sure I had this on the wall in one of my share houses, if not I at least visited one that did.