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On October 14, 1994, Quentin Tarantino’s famous film was released in American theaters. To celebrate the anniversary, the interpreter of Jules re-proposed the path of the fearful man taken from Ezekiel, a passage absent in the Bible, with a video on Instagram: “I still have it”.
«Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is threatened on every side by the iniquities of selfish beings and the tyranny of wicked men.” It is one of the monologues more famous than Pulp Fictionthe 1994 masterpiece by Quentin Tarantinoas well as the entire cinematography. To celebrate the firsts 30 years from the release in American cinemas, it would arrive in Italy only two weeks later, Samuel L. Jackson he decided to recite it again in a video on Instagram. The Hollywood actor, the face of Jules in the film, proved that he can remember it by heart without any problems. “I still have it,” wrote the star, wishing the film a happy birthday.
Pulp Fiction, the passage quoted in the monologue is not present in the Bible
Although not of Tarantino’s invention, the passage from Ezekiel recited by Samuel L. Jackson and interpreted in Italian by an unforgettable Luca Ward does not exist in the Bible. This is a cinematic quote, as the verses were created for the film Kiba Karate of 1976 directed by Simon Nuchtern. It was the protagonist who said it, Sonny Chibaan actor much loved by Quentin Tarantino who wanted him in his Kill Bill – Volume 1. Just before finding a place in Pulp Fictionthis quote appeared in the film One foot in paradise from 1991 by EB Clutcher with Bud Spencer. However, it was only the acting of Samuel L. Jackson as the hitman Jules Winnfield to guarantee worldwide visibility and to deliver the words to the history of cinema.
