“Trust works in a weird way,” my mom says all the time. I never quite understood what she meant by this. So you’re telling me, I’m supposed to believe that they’re going to come through just because they said so? Then, when I saw Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, those words started making sense. That scene in which Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) calls up Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), trying to get away with a blood-soaked vehicle and corpse. “That’s all you had to say,” Jules exclaims excitedly as he hangs up the phone, relieved that his ass is saved. In this article, we’ll analyze how “That’s all you had to say” is the purest show of trust between a hitman and his gangster boss. The Story And Themes (In Context To Jules and Vincent) A one-of-a-kind non-linear narrative, Pulp Fiction interweaves multiple stories centered around Los Angeles criminals, among whom hitmen Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are one of the main focus threads. Jules and Vincent are on a mission to retrieve a missing briefcase from their boss’ double-crossing business partner, Brett, which leads to accidental chaos. Later, Mia, Marsellus’ wife, who was being escorted by Vincent while he was out of town, meets with a near-fatal mishap after she overdoses on heroin while with Vincent. Finally, the film culminates in Jules telling Vincent that he wants to quit the life of crime, after he defuses a robbery at the diner where he and Vincent are sitting. The...
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