Esme's watch
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sun, 04 Oct 1998 01:04:07 +1000
Now, here's an interesting thought that came up in conversation. I was
explaining the storyline of For Esme to a guy the other day (whose actually
a film critic) - he'd just seen Saving Private Ryan and I was talking about
to what extent Salinger is a postwar writer - i.e. girl gives father's
watch to wistful sergeant and knows he'll take care of it' ... and he said
`Oh! Just like Pulp Fiction' (And yes people who hated previous Tarantino
and Salinger strand - I didn't call this post Tarantino and Salinger so I
could get you this far (: )
It's quite obvious when you think about it. The middle story of Pulp
Fiction is a humourous inversion of For Esme. I think it'd be quite
interesting to have a think about where else Tarantino may have been
influenced by Salinger - after all we've found two examples already.
Camille
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