Casual-conversation scenes like this are some of my favorites. They reveal a lot about the characters in a natural way, that pulls you into the story. Vincent is relaxed, joking, eating junk food, while on his way to commit "a hit". Through this conversation we learn he has a casual, almost careless personality. Jules is a listener. He's more contemplative, but also more of an authority figure. This scene humanizes them both and makes the following sequence that much more shocking.
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I took my friend to see this in the theaters after watching it with some other friends, and I remember him arguing (in a friendly way) with his dad later at dinner about how movies need to have scenes where nothing is happening but dialogue. Just “real” scenes, that don’t necessarily move the story forward.
I totally agree, even in books, I love it when there are random moments between characters and each other or maybe someone soaking in a landscape or looking a building or something. Sure, one might think it’s a set-up for something down the road, but really it’s just a world-building scene.
Also I forgot how young Travolta looks in this movie, geeze. Even in Face/Off, three years later, he was starting to look like his older self.
People who weren’t around In 1994 probably don’t understand how much this conversation was repeated, parodied, and just worked its way straight into the cultural zeitgeist of the time.
With a straight face I think Tarantino and Sorkin are the two best dialog writers in film. I think maybe Tarantino’s bigger.
It comes down to “you can’t handle the truth!” To about half of everything that comes out of Jules mouth in this movie. Ezekiel 25:17, royale with cheese, etc.
Technically though, when I was in Europe in the 70’s it was a mayo mustard blend, like what Sizzler gives you with the Malibu Chicken.
That detail always bugged me