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RESERVOIR DOGS (76)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
Writer: Quentin Tarantino.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Quentin Tarantino,  |
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by
Jon Dunmore ©
The first time I saw RESERVOR DOGS with my roommate on VHS video, as soon as it ended, we rewound it to the beginning and watched it again.
Then we rewound it and watched it again.
Quentin Taratino's debut directorial feature film is a smash to the face, a blow to the brain and a kick in the nuts. While speeding in a stolen car.
two funniest things that Steve Buscemi says:
--the waitress and tips
-- asks Keitel "did yo shoot anyone? Keitel replies, A couple of cops on my way out. Buscemi affirms, "No real people?"
Peckinpah redux
ends with classic John Woo standoff
- Tarantino has made it his own. The way they ARRIVE at that convoluted stage is the interesting part - the inevitability of how this seems so right is its beauty.
he has every scene in his head - he knows how it fits together with the scene before it and the scene after it , even if those scenes are flashbacks or flashforwards, or flashbacks within flashbacks; he knows what source music should go where; he knows the camera angle, he knows how to jigsaw it into the rest of the piece and t
fake story within the fake story - within Roth's anecdote, there is another anecdote which the police are telling - it's amazing - it's a dream within a dream within a
Beatles were the first to adopt that RESERVOR DOGS look.
I am privileged to say that I witnessed this new era of filmmaking, brought about by this pioneer Tarantino. Sure there were precursors to this style - RASHOMON, CITZEN KANE, The Beatles, any movie that jumps around chronologically and is still crystal clear to understand the throughline of the story, but none with such impact, gusto, verve, with such leering glee.
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ROCKY (Dec 1976)
aka: ROCKY 1
Director: John G. Avildsen.
Writer: Sylvester Stallone.
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredtih, Thayer David, Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Tony Burton.
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