Film Review: True Romance

A Kick Ass Film that You May Have Missed

True Romance is Turantino's first script and his best next to Pulp Fiction. I have seen this film too many times to count.

True Romance is the love story of loner and avid Elvis lover, Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), and self-proclaimed Poor white Florida trash, call girl, Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). It is set in motor city Detroit. Clarence and Alabama don't meet until the second scene when Clarence is in a movie theater watching a mini marathon of three low budget Kung-fu movies "Street fighter," "Return of the Streetfighter," and "Sister Streetfighter," (which is a reference to Turantino's love of old kung-fu movies)

The first scene introduces Clarence Worley, talking to a woman in a bar about his fascination of Elvis his attraction to the allure. He even confesses he would be the only man he would sleep with him if forced. This scene is reminiscent of the first scene in "Reservoir Dogs." Where the men have a round table discussion about the deep ramifications of Madonna's "Like a Virgin song."

In the second scene Alabama Whitman enters and spills her popcorn all over Clarence and asks him to tell her what she had missed. After the movie, Alabama tells Clarence she has a tradition where she goes somewhere to eat pie and talk about the movie and asks Clarence if he would like to go eat pie with her. He agrees and they end up at a diner talking over pie and coffee. Deep discussions while eating seems to be a continuing factor in most Turentino films. I.e.: Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega, (Pulp Fiction) at Jack Rabbit Slims.