My film opening analysis

We hear the rhythm of funky seventies SOUL MUSIC.

Then SHE steps into FRAME.

She is JACKIE BROWN, a stewardess dressed in her CABO AIR uniform. (A

little shuttle airline that flies from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas. Approximate flight time: forty five minutes)

Jackie stands still as a people-mover slowly inches her through the

airport. The CREDITS APEAR and DISAPPEAR in front of her.

Jackie Brown is a very attractive black woman in her mid forties, though

she looks like she’s in her mid thirties.

The people-mover reaches the end of the line, she steps off.

She breezes through Customs and we follow her with a

STEDICAM as she strides through the airport.. She gets to

her gate disappears inside the plane for a moment comes

back out sans flight bag picks up the microphone

What is more interesting is how the film portrays the

limitations and preconceived notions associated with

specific race relations in America. The astounding use of

regressive and cliché racial stereotypes throughout the film

is quite interesting. These regressive trademarks

undoubtedly assert and promote the idea that various

institutions treat people according to their race, and that

various races are “worth more” based once again solely on

the complexion and culture most closely associated with

their pigmented shell. Over the course of this paper I will

examine the various stereotypes Tarantino exploits and

adheres to the characters in the film, how these stereotypes

function in specific situations, and more specifically how the

treatment, representation, and social value of women in the

movie are directly related to their race. Upon completion of

the aforementioned tasks one will understand why this film

is regressive in its depiction of race and racial relations in

present day America, and suggests that blacks cannot make

ends meet legally in America.