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Re:I miss thinking hard by socalgal2 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:30AM (#46887892)
Pulp Fiction, like many Tarantino movies, also gets much of its effect from using existing songs rather than using an all new soundtrack
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Re:I miss thinking hard by stronglikedan on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:22PM (#46889520)
Songs he likely hand picked and for reasons that even you and I don't know about, instead of songs suggested by an AI with no personal taste.
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Re:I miss thinking hard by munificent on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:40PM (#46889811)
More to your original point, Tarantino is actually well known for his deliberate uses of rare lenses. He doesn't grind them himself, but he did resurrect a dead lens format for The Hateful Eight:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Panavision_70

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