During the iconic diner scene in Pulp Fiction Mia Wallace, played by Uma Thurman, explains the plot of a TV pilot she was in. Her description of a group of female secret agents sounds oddly familiar if you've ever seen another Quentin Tarantino film called Kill Bill. Wallace says that she played a character who was the deadliest woman in the world with a knife (the description given to Thurman's character in Kill Bill). And, of course, during the Pulp Fiction scene Wallace is talking to Vincent Vega, a character who shares the last name of Mr. Blonde (a nickname given to the character Victor Vega) from Reservoir Dogs.
Nothing is a coincidence in a Quentin Tarantino movie. Few directors have such an obsession with hiding homages to other films, plot clues, and Easter eggs into every scene, every shot, and every piece of dialogue. Which is why for years, fans have had fun analyzing all the ways in which all eight Tarantino movies could take place in the same universe. In an interview with an Australian TV program this week, Tarantino finally confirmed what his fans have theorized for years. All his movies are connected, but in the most intricate, non-linear Tarantino way:
There's the realer than real universe, alright, and all the characters inhabit that one. But then there's this movie universe. And so From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill, they all take place in this special movie universe. So basically when the characters of Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction, when they go to the movies, Kill Bill is what they go to see. From Dusk Till Dawn is what they see.
Given the connection above between Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, this explanation makes absolute sense. But this also means that nearly a decade before Kill Bill Volume 1 was released, Tarantino had the makings of the script working in his head and strategically placed it in Pulp Fiction. Or, he liked that part of the script so much he decided to make it into its own film (which is more realistic, but far less fun). Either way, it confirms that you should take nothing at face value in a Tarantino movie. And since he claims he is only making 10 films, we can only hope that his 10th and final film connects every single movie into one ultimate Tarantino plot.
