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Frankie Say No
This nifty letter was provided by corinalarks who used to do clearance in the film business. It’s one of many communications between he and Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood fame. Holly wouldn’t give permission for a “Frankie Says Relax” t-shirt to appear in Pulp Fiction during the overdose scene. I’m assuming it would have been worn by Lance (Vincent’s dealer) or one of the two women who reside at his place. Turns out Holly eventually had a change of “heart” and authorized usage but it was either too late or Tarantino had his own change of heart. Lance ended up in a Speed Racer tee (drug reference?) and I can’t seem to make out what tee the chick relaxing on the couch has on? Or maybe it was destined for Rosanna Arquette’s high-strung character who ends up in a blank shirt.
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John K.
July 10, 2010 at 4:26 pm
That scene freaks me out every time!
Paul Evans
August 16, 2010 at 11:32 am
That scene is a blow-by-blow lift from an anecdote told in “All American Boy,” a documentary by Scorcese that is easily his most obscure film. It is about an hour long, just one long interview with the guy who played the gun dealer in “Taxi Driver.” As is evident from “All American Boy,” the guy was a bigger freak in real life than the role he depicted in “Taxi Driver.” In “Boy,” he tells many anecdotes from his junkie days, several years of which he spent as Neil Diamond’s road manager; he would never book the tour’s flights non-stop, for instance, and would always pick a series of connecting flights in order to facilitate intermittant fixes along the way. He describes an episode where either he or a dealer buddy had an adrenaline shot in the freezer; the other guy’s girlfriend suffered an overdose in their presence; the other guy remembers he has the adrenaline shot; there is an argument over who should be the one to administer the remedy; there is a medical textbook that gets dragged out for reference; there is even the detail of using a Marks-a-lot to make the target. It has been almost twenty years since I saw “Boy”–maybe a couple of years before “Pulp Fiction” came out–but I think the only original element was the chick mistaking dope for coke. Cheers.
Thriftstore Cowboy Vintage
August 17, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Tarantino is pretty much the Led Zeppelin of film. Yeah the basic elements are not original, but the presentation is. Originality is basically undetected plagiarism anyway. And while I’m at it, why don’t any of the special editions of early Tarantino films have director commentary!?!? That is like a Scorsese film without a Rolling Stones song!
Dreamweasel
August 24, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Does anybody else find it a little odd that Holly Johnson would have a problem with foul language?
jimmyj
August 24, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Me!