say what again! say what again—i dare you, i double dog dare you (11. 902)

Having premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Quentin Tarantino’s follow-up film to Reservoir Dogs went into general release in the United States on this day in 1994. The independent crime film, both a critical and commercial success garnering both Oscars for screen play and best picture as well as the Palme d’Or, it reinvigorated the careers of John Travolta, Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth and introduced Uma Thurmond. Despite the iconic status of the soundtrack, no score was composed, using a mix of soul, classic ballads and surf music. Fragmented exploitation and heralded as defining both the genre of neo-noir and gangland camp like its source material, Pulp Fiction’s homage to other movies and cinematic devices is considered essential to the film.

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synchronoptica

one year ago: unredacting classified documents with AI (with synchronoptica)

seven years ago: software writing itself, more on the search for dark matter, offloading surplus energy plus the Snoopy airport of Sonoma County

eight years ago: a Simpsons’ meta-reference to welcome Yoko Ono in Iceland, aversion to jargon plus a tree-spade for construction sites

nine years ago: assorted links worth revisiting plus a trip to the Wasserkuppe

twelve years ago: Atoms for Peace