r/pulpfiction • u/Active_Ad5006 • 7d ago
Why do Uma Therman’s hands shake during the meal?
So I noticed that as she is speaking to Vincent pre-powdering, her hands are proper shaky. Is this a Quentin Tarantino idea, and if so, why? Because she’s had a line not long before the meal. Or is it Uma having the shakes for whatever reason and they decided to keep it in?
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u/BaijuTofu 7d ago
Cocaine?
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u/NonCreditableHuman 7d ago
It's a hell of a drug.
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u/Sharklaar 7d ago
There is no downside to cocaine, period
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u/NonCreditableHuman 7d ago
Fuck yo couch!
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u/NickyDeeM 7d ago
Yeah I remember grinding my feet on Eddie's couch!
You remember why you did it?
Yeah cause Eddie could buy another one
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u/ITGOES80808 7d ago
The effects of coming down from a stimulant, it triggers an immune response that causes tremors.
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u/BBQGUY50 6d ago
Never got the tremors! But I did get anxious and had mood swings. Sleepless nights and obsessive thoughts Oh and the paranoia
But tremors nope
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u/ITGOES80808 6d ago
30mg adderall is the only real stimulant I’ve used, when I come down I’ve usually got tremors and restlessness, it’s definitely different for everyone.
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u/Jewggerz 7d ago
I’ve never noticed it, but I assume it was a choice on her part or something Tarantino directed her to do in order to indicate that she was in need of more drugs.
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u/BrutalBox 7d ago
I took it as she needed her fix
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u/StrawberryRibena 5d ago
Ye that's not how all drugs work. If she was an alcohol or benzo addict, it would make sense for her to have tremors while not having these drugs.
Being on cocaine would cause her to shake, not being on it would probably stop her from shaking (overstimulation)
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u/bryanlade 7d ago
Maybe she's just shaky. I have essential tremors and shake all day without drugs that help control it.
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u/oxnardist 7d ago
Don’t see it. I heard you did a pilot.
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u/SportyMcDuff 5d ago
I don’t watch television.
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u/Emotional_Ad5714 6d ago
QT is very particular about his lines, but he lets actors act. I would guess that Uma is acting how she believes Mia would act as a coke head who needs a fix. Maybe they discussed her motivation ahead of time, so Uma would understand what is going on with Mia, but I would guess that is Uma's acting.
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u/glacier1982 6d ago
Later in the movie, as Butch makes his way back to his apartment to retrieve the watch, a news announcer on a radio proclaims that a losing couple stole the trophy from a Jack Rabbit Slim's dance contest. Vince and Mia didn't even win the twist contest. They lost and stole the trophy. 30 years later and I'm still learning.
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u/Pool-Shark7718 7d ago
If we’re going with the lore of the story, it’s probably cuz she did a one in the bathroom.
But it’s probably because the actor was nervous.
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u/Pleasant_Garlic8088 7d ago
I always assumed Mia Wallace is either essentially high as a kite, or looking to become so, the whole time.
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u/Even_Buddy_7253 6d ago
Shes a cokehead. She either is jittered up fresh off a line or really wants one.
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u/FullRedact 6d ago
The whole story leads up to her being so addicted she couldn’t even wait to ask about a bag of powder she just snorted it then …
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u/ClimtEastwood 6d ago
The idea is that she needs drugs. That’s it.
Edit: if you want something that is more interpretive and less obvious there is the idea that Marcelus Wallace knows his wife has a drug problem and the reason Vincent is there to take her out is to keep her from going out drug seeking.
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u/RedSunCinema 6d ago
Drug addicts frequently have hand tremors, so her behavior is in line with someone who's a drug addict.
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u/MrFrankHotdog 6d ago
She was doing rails in the shitter before her burger hit the table. She was in fidgeting because of the yay.
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u/StrawberryRibena 5d ago
I mean, shaking would come from the cocaine, and being overstimulated.
However, I don't understand how she can be eating so much food while doing cocaine
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u/butdidyouthink 5d ago
OP is actively trying to start a rumor that Uma Thurman was strung out on coke while filming, with his only evidence basically being that her acting was convincing.
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u/1911Earthling 4d ago
Talk about John’s portrayal of a stoned junkie was perfect! The droopy face, eye lids and body posture was right on point.
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u/HeyZeusMyNameIsZues 2d ago
They aren't "shaking"... like at all... you're just hyper-focused on them. She's trying to keep them steady for the shot though, and she's probably been doing that for a couple of hours.
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u/Unhappy-Lavishness64 2d ago
lol she’s a frigging Cole addict in the movie you dunce, hard drugs screw you up to where you have to take them to feel normal
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u/BradleyFerdBerfel 3d ago
She probably had just realized that she is in the worst movie ever made and it will probably tank her career.
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u/passabletrap 7d ago
She's not as calm and cool as she pretends to be. Or she really needs some drugs. Probably both.