But in hindsight I can recognize that the conditions of its making were almost miraculous. An independent X-rated filmmaker and an inexperienced screenwriter were brought into a major studio and given carte blanche to turn out a satire of one of the studio's own hits. And “BVC” [I think he means BVD (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls) here —Editor] was made at a time when the studio's own fortunes were so low that the movie was seen almost fatalistically, as a gamble that none of the studio executives really wanted to think about, so that there was a minimum of supervision (or even cognizance) from the Front Office.
Via news from me: This is My Happening … [1], “Beyond The Valley of the Dolls [2]”
Both Mark Evanier's [3] and Roger Ebert's [4] review of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls [5] (even though Ebert's review isn't a review since he co-wrote the movie) was intriguing enough that I now want to see this train wreck of a movie, even if, my Mark Evanier's review, I don't have enough people to watch it with me.
Maybe then I can see what it has to do with Pulp Fiction [6].
[1] http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_06_24.html#011667
[2] http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19700101/REVI
[3] http://www.newsfromme.com/
[4] http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/