Pulp Fiction (ADHD Cut)

Pulp Fiction is undeniably a classic, but I’d be lying if I told you that I didn’t find a few bits of the film a little uninteresting. This edit is for one of my teenage ESL classes that absolutely loved Kill Bill and wanted to see more of Tarantino’s work, so I began showing them Pulp Fiction.

I’d warned them that this film was far less action-packed than Kill Bill and that it was much more dialogue-centric. It’s working for some of the students, but I can tell that it’s too much of a slog for others. Then I remembered that I have the Butch/Fabianne scenes coming up, which even I found a little dull, so I’ve decided to trim those scenes back to make that section of the film go down a little easier for my attention deficit disorder students and get to the Gimp a little sooner.

So, the long single take monologue with Butch listening to Marcellus Wallace pontificate is gone, most of the stuff with Butch and the taxi driver is gone, Fabienne’s pot belly talk is gone, as is Butch’s mongoloid talk in the shower.

Aside from that, the film is untouched. The original running time was 2 hours 34 minutes. This cut is 2 hours 25 minutes. This is for ESL students so hardcoded English subtitles are included.

The movie is in the same folder as all my other edits. If you don’t already have the link, send me a PM. As always, suggestions are welcome.

Just in case this post turns into the Film Nerd Outrage Magnet that my Reddit post on this edit has become, let me be clear:

1. I love Pulp Fiction. It is one of the great movies. I am not trying to ‘improve’ it or ‘ruin’ it for anyone. The original will still exist despite another version of it existing that is 9 minutes shorter.

2. This is for 18 year old ESL students who aren’t going to fully appreciate long-winded conversations about the merits of female pot bellies or Mongoloid impressions.

3. This is a film that requires a lot of its audience. I want to expose my students to this film classic without some of them checking out because they’re bored.

I would not take the attacks over at the Fanedit Reddit forum personally. A few of those folks tend to get a bit puritanical when editing certain movies.

Besides, my fanedit philosophy has always been that if you are not interested, then no need to comment or attack. We have way too many real problems in this world to get upset over fan edits.

Anyway, I have enjoyed some of your edits. Keep up the solid work.