The Pulp Fiction cinema poster of Quentin Tarantino's 1994 gangster movie Pulp Fiction is designed to look like the cover of a ‘Pulp Fiction’ novel (pulp fiction being a term applied to cheaply produced books in the 1920’s).
This poster shows one of the main characters Mia Wallace,
played by Uma Thurman.
Here she is lying on the bed in a seductive pose, with her
gaze fixed directly in to the camera. The header of this poster is a garish red
and yellow band suggesting aggression or danger (1) and is matched to the
colour of her lipstick for impact(4).
A degree of nonchalance is implied by the casual cigarette (3)
and the placement of her hand on a half read paperback (6) suggests the viewer
is interrupting a private scene.
The placement of the pistol just below the plunging neck
line of her dress (5) further adds to the danger and intrigue of the composition.
The dog-eared corner of the page (7) and the 10 cents price
tag (2) suggests that this ‘trashy’ novel in this very genre.
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