The extensive use of pop culture references and pastiche in Pulp Fiction elevates the film by anchoring its characters in a shared cultural reality, a technique that aligns the movie with the revolutionary spirit of the French New Wave. Just as Jean-Luc Godard's characters in Breathless defined themselves through their obsession with American cinema and pop culture, Tarantino's criminals use pop culture as their primary language to navigate their lives. Vincent and Jules do not speak in the stylized, hardboiled slang of classic Hollywood gangsters; instead, they discuss the cultural nuances of Amsterdam, the television pilot starring Mia Wallace, and the legendary status of soul music. This pastiche of B-movies, surf rock, comic books, and fast food culture creates a rich, postmodern collage that feels intensely alive and recognizable to the audience. By blending high-concept violence with low-culture trivia, Tarantino breaks down the traditional barriers between high art and popular entertainment. The film becomes a metatextual commentary on cinema itself, where every scene is a remix of film history, yet it feels entirely fresh because these cinematic references are filtered through the mundane, everyday conversations of its characters. This synthesis of global cinematic influences and American pop detritus redefined independent cinema in the 1990s.■