Chapter 6: Vulgarity

  At night, the cool moonlight shines through the window into Song Tang's bedroom. After dinner, Song Tang had a conversation with his father, and Song Yao Hui decided to hand over the management of Da Tang Film Industry, a subsidiary of the Song family, to Song Tang. In Song Tang's memory, Da Tang Film Industry was not valued by the Song family, which also made it unknown in Los Angeles, where there were many film giants.

  Due to the limited investment of Datang Film and Television Company every year, although George Johnson, the general manager of Datang Film and Television Company, a thirty-year-old American, has talent in this field, but unfortunately, the boss does not value it. As the saying goes: A skilled woman cannot cook without rice. Without a large amount of capital injection, there are no famous actors or excellent directors, which ultimately makes Datang Film and Television Company unable to produce outstanding films since its establishment in 1990 until now.

  If Song Tang wants to change this situation, in addition to injecting funds, he also needs an excellent script to increase the reputation of Datang. As a thorough 21st-century soul traverser, Song Tang relies on his excellent memory. All the movies he watched in his previous life can now be clearly remembered, even if some are vague, Song Tang is confident that he can fill them up and surpass the original film. This is something Song Tang has always been confident about.

  Now Song Tang is considering which film to choose as the first script, the current situation of the company has determined that the cost of the script cannot be too high, and the box office after the release of the film cannot be too low. Song Tang sat in front of the computer, subconsciously tapping his temples lightly, thinking back and forth about a suitable film.

  As time slowly passed, suddenly, Song Tang's eyes lit up and he snapped his fingers twice, muttering to himself: "Got it, that's the one. This 'Lowbrow' was released in 94, with a production cost of only $8 million, but at the time it grossed over $200 million worldwide, and the costs for this film are completely within the range that Datang can afford."

  As soon as the decision to film this movie was made, Song Tang began writing the script. Today's tasks would never be left until tomorrow, a standard that Song Tang had always adhered to in his personal and professional life. In fact, one of the main reasons why Song Tang chose this film was because it had been nominated for seven awards at the 67th Awards Ceremony, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing, although it ultimately only won the award for Best Screenplay. It cannot be denied that this small movie with an investment of only $8 million was a success.

  The film's plot is relatively simple, consisting of six interconnected stories that each tell a different event but share common dramatic elements. The fate of a boxer, two hitmen, a gangster boss and a pair of lovers intersect over the course of just two days, playing out this black comedy crime ensemble.

  The film's main plot revolves around the Los Angeles underworld, a boxer, a mysterious briefcase, an accidental shooting and a diner robbery, among other events that are simultaneously told in different stories that intersect as the film progresses. In addition to this, the film also retains some of the formulaic elements typical of black comedy films, such as homages to classics and other references.

  Another major feature of this film is its overall style centered on characters, which can be reflected in the large amount of dialogue and monologue scenes. A large number of meaningful lines promote the development of the entire plot and characters, showing the humorous and philosophical thinking attributes of the characters in the film, and to some extent, express the director's thoughts.

  The film begins in a small diner, where the two-bit hoods "Pumpkin" and "Honey Bunny" suddenly decide to rob it after exchanging a few words. They swiftly pull out guns and jump onto the counter to start the heist. The scene then shifts to Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield, two hitmen who kill people, retrieve a briefcase, accidentally shoot a colleague in the car, clean up the messy crime scene, go to the diner for a meal, coincidentally encountering the robbery by the two-bit hoods from the beginning of the film.

  In another plotline, the boxer played by Bruce Willis is bribed by a mob boss to throw a fight but doesn't follow through with the plan and is subsequently hunted down by the mob. On the run, the boxer kills the mob's hitman Vincent and unexpectedly encounters the mob boss, with whom he gets into a scuffle that ends with both of them being subdued by the owner of a nearby pawn shop, who intends to share them with his gay lover. The boxer then fights his way out and saves the mob boss from danger, thus ending their feud.

  "Vulgaria" consists of five parts: "Vincent and Masha's Wife", "Golden Brother", "Bonnie's Situation", the prologue, and the epilogue.

  Thieves "Little Pumpkin" and "Little Rabbit", a couple, had a sudden idea during breakfast to rob the restaurant that was serving food and its many customers, and immediately pulled out guns and started taking action.

  Marsellus Wallace is a powerful crime lord in Los Angeles who recently had a briefcase full of gold stolen from him by a group of young men, led by Brett. He sends his henchmen Jules and Vincent to retrieve the case. In the morning, Jules and Vincent arrive at their destination and burst into the room where the young men are eating breakfast, causing them great terror. After Vincent finds the case, Jules kills two of the young men, reciting a passage from Ezekiel as he does so, leaving only Marvin alive.

  Several incidents in Pulp Fiction are connected to organized crime, but the events themselves aren't related and there is no connection between each story. Pulp Fiction thoroughly glamorizes or stylizes violence. It makes the audience realize that at this moment, you're watching a movie for entertainment. Tarantino turns violence into a joke, sex into a joke, politics into a joke, history into a joke. Through John Travolta and Uma Thurman's dance in Jack Rabbit Slim's, Tarantino effortlessly reviews American film history, music history, and dance history, adding the cool attitude towards violence and evil from blaxploitation films and hard-boiled detective movies, character design and structure of heist films, and intense action from Hong Kong cinema; the magical realism and confusion with reality make Pulp Fiction's postmodern pastiche reach a level of frenzy.

  The success of "Vulgarity" lies in its dialogue, which is the first merit of this film. The characters' conversations and monologues occupy a large amount of time, and these dialogues not only shape vivid characters but also serve as the main driving force for the plot development. Even seemingly casual lines have specific meanings, either foreshadowing later events or carrying certain metaphors.

  While Song Tang was writing the script, he retained Tarantino's style and made no major changes to Tarantino's original script. He only clarified the violence and action scenes. Throughout the script, Song Tang added some scene descriptions and deleted some unreasonable elements from the original script.

  Song Tang was busy for most of the night and finally restored the script of "Pulp Fiction". Originally, the director of this script was Quentin Tarantino, but Song Tang did not intend to hand over the restored script to Tarantino for filming. Song Tang decided to film it himself, and in fact, the shooting of this script is not complicated, which can be seen from the cost of the film.

  Song Tang believes that the film he shot will not be worse than the original, and Song Tang also has his own plan. As for the actors, after thinking about it, Song Tang decided to continue using the actors in this film. The main actors of the film, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, etc., also achieved great success in the original film.

  Song Tang reviewed the script of "Vulgarity" several times, revised some incoherent language, and finally confirmed that there were no errors before printing it out and putting it aside.

  And this film will be Song Tang's first screenplay, and also the beginning of Song Tang's entry into Hollywood, but also a miracle witnessed by all North America and even the world.