perhaps i'm being silly here, but in watching the movie again i was sort of wondering about the very very first part of the opening shot. in the reality of the film, is it the name of a porno movie that a couple is excitedly running off to see, or does the title on the marquee exist solely for the audience?
I've been wondering this lately too. At first I thought Boogie Nights was the club, but it's not...Hot Traxx is the club. So I've just been telling myself that's just a big, flashy, electronic title card...like that it exists for the audience like you said...but I could be wrong. That's just what I've been telling myself.
How he turns the camera sideways in that shot is so fucking cool.
i think it is the actual movie, 'boogie nights' that you are watching at that instant, and the people running inside in the movie are the actual people that just walked into the theater behind you. the shot is the shit happening just outside the theatre you are sitting in. you are truly in the 70's at this moment.
Quote from: Lesteri think it is the actual movie, 'boogie nights' that you are watching at that instant, and the people running inside in the movie are the actual people that just walked into the theater behind you. the shot is the shit happening just outside the theatre you are sitting in. you are truly in the 70's at this moment.
very very cool. (and very cool avatar).
boogie nights is
It is the title card, but also the name of the feeling of the film, if that makes any sense.
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Man, I should have locked the thread right there. What a perfect statement.
i guess i was the only one who found that question dumb. :?
like, what's in the briefcase in pulp fiction...
Quote from: snaporazlike, what's in the briefcase in pulp fiction...
not like that at all..
This isn't like discussing the contents of the briefcase for one reason; the briefcase has some deeper level of meaning that the name of a movie coming up on screen. In terms of the people running in to the theatre that you yourself are currently in, I think you can be pretty damned sure that PTA meant nothing of the sort. Do you sit around contemplating the metaphysical nature of your title cards? We should only hope not.
Quote from: snaporazi guess i was the only one who found that question dumb.
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actually, questioning the metaphysical nature of things is part of my nature
An Earth, Wind and Fire song.
Quote from: sphinxor does the title on the marquee exist solely for the audience?
I think so. And I remember PTA saying that because was pissed off about Sydney becoming Hard Eight, he wanted to put the title
in the movie.
QuoteI think so. And I remember PTA saying that because was pissed off about Sydney becoming Hard Eight, he wanted to put the title in the movie.
That and the fact he didn't want there to be opening credits for Sydney, he just wanted the movie to start, and with the title being IN the movie, he can start of immediately into his story.
Quote from: The Silver BulletThis isn't like discussing the contents of the briefcase for one reason; the briefcase has some deeper level of meaning that the name of a movie coming up on screen. In terms of the people running in to the theatre that you yourself are currently in, I think you can be pretty damned sure that PTA meant nothing of the sort. Do you sit around contemplating the metaphysical nature of your title cards? We should only hope not.
this is exactly like discussing what's in the briefcase. i mean, to have theories about "what it truly is" is purely unwarranted speculation. period.
it's like asking "were shaggy and scooby
really stoners?".
Quote from: Phil MarloweAn Earth, Wind and Fire song.
Wrong. The group was "Heatwave".
Is it the title of what goes on inside Hot Traxx? Like 'Ladies Nite' or 'Multiple Orgasms' as one club round here has it?
just for the record, the briefcase contains Marcellus Wallace's soul, and the band-aid on the back of his neck if from the soul removal operation.
Thats just a rumour I think (about the soul - Pulp Fiction)
As IMDB says:
The band-aid on Marcellus Wallace's neck was there because actor Ving Rhames had a scar there that the makeup people felt wound be too distracting during that scene.
And the briefcase is said to be an homage to "Kiss Me Deadly"
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Quote from: MacGuffinAnd the briefcase is said to be an homage to "Kiss Me Deadly"
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See, thats what I thought. The last 10 minutes of Kiss Me Deadly is so fucking incredible, anybody who hasnt seen it, go out and rent it.
Quote from: DionySuSThe band-aid on Marcellus Wallace's neck was there because actor Ving Rhames had a scar there that the makeup people felt wound be too distracting during that scene.
More distracting than a band-aid? :roll:
yeah, but the band-aid is what people remember. it's more visually creative than a big ole scar.
i heard another (albeit much more crappy and disapponting rumour) that the briefcase contained unlimited moolah. hence a much more likely reason for 'big-brained' brett to have had it.
i'd prefer it if it were marcellus' soul though...
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanQuote from: DionySuSThe band-aid on Marcellus Wallace's neck was there because actor Ving Rhames had a scar there that the makeup people felt wound be too distracting during that scene.
More distracting than a band-aid? :roll:
uhh, yeah.
in my opinion, if there had been a visible scar, it would probably imply that some sort of specific injury took place; a specific incident that was relevant to the story. i think the band-aid replaces that idea with just a vague story of no consequence. plus, it's more aesthetic.
and i seriously don't know where some of you people come up with these stupid rumours and theories of what was in the briefcase. i've heard the words come out of tanatino's own mouth:"it's whatever you want it to be; something priceless, your idea of the grandest thing in the world".
it's nothing more than that, and there are no allusions to it being anything else in the movie. maybe you
think it was wallace's soul. that's fine, but you can't tell people
that's what is was. besides, what would be the significance of it being a "soul"?
it's alot funner not knowing what was in it, anyways.
Quote from: snaporazand i seriously don't know where some of you people come up with these stupid rumours and theories of what was in the briefcase.
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edit: nevermind. the link worked after five refreshes for some reason.
You know, even if the soul theory isnt real, you have to admit that it is still a pretty cool theory.
I've slept through this conversation before.
it's marsellus's dirty laundry.. that, and dirk diggler's dick.
secret officially revealed.
Quote from: Lesteri think it is the actual movie, 'boogie nights' that you are watching at that instant, and the people running inside in the movie are the actual people that just walked into the theater behind you. the shot is the shit happening just outside the theatre you are sitting in. you are truly in the 70's at this moment.
If that's true that is the coolest thing!! Cool observation!
Shaggy and Scooby were stoners.
Duh.