Blaxploitation in the 90s: The new revival & new commercial Blaxploitation.
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Blaxploitation in the 90s: The new revival & new commercial Blaxploitation By J.D. van den Ham New revival: Quentin Tarantino Together with the 70s revival in the 90s, came a new interest in Blaxploitation movies. But this did not result in clearly defined Blaxploitation movies. It was more like an influence. Certain aspects and images from Blaxploitation movies and from 70s (black) culture started popping up in movies. The movie that did this the most clearly was Pulp Fiction (1994). Images like Samuel L. Jackson hair cut and the stylish clothing clearly referred to old Blaxploitation movies. But the influence was limited to mood and imagery. In his movie Jackie Brown (1997) the Blaxploitation influence was more clear, mainly by using old Blaxploitation star Pam Grier as the heroin (her first leading role in a long, long time) and using a plot reminiscent of many old pulp stories that also formed the...


