Saturday, April 07, 2012

beyond fred, ginger & gene

"Pulp Fiction." Quinten Tarantino's breakthrough film of 1994. Travolta and Uma twist at Jack Rabbit Slim’s. An iconic moment. Instantly.

Say no more.

The number: "You Never Can Tell"/"C'est La Vie"

The composer: Chuck Berry

The choreographer: Tarantino

The dancers: John Travolta and Uma Thurman

The cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula

The film editor: Sally Menke

The production designer: David Wasco

Note in Passing: Despite being one of the highlights of the film, perhaps the highlight, this dance is given no choreographer credit on screen. Strange. So I put out feelers. Joe Dante came through, verifying my initial suspicion: Tarantino himself choreographed the dance. Say no more.

2 comments:

g.w. said...

Great series. Do you plan to include the unexpected dance number with Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in "The Object of My Affection"? I always loved that one!

John Kaiser said...

I wouldn't exactly call it the highlight of the movie, but it was a great scene.