Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (Miramax)
Some directors make such startling first films that they cannot help attracting attention. Martin Scorsese's Who's That Knocking? , Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It , Peter Greenaway's The Draftsman's Contract, and Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. are all audacious debut films. Now Quentin Tarantino, still in his twenties, makes his directing debut with a violent and blackly comic homage to B movie gangsters, Reservoir Dogs . His bold assured direction signals Tarantino as a talent to watch.
Reservoir Dogs is the story of a diamond heist gone wrong. The film opens with the eight crooks having breakfast and arguing about what Madonna's "Like a Virgin" means and whether or not one should leave a tip. They could be pals who just hang out like this on a regular basis. But after this casual almost aimless dialogue scene, the film abruptly thrusts us into the chaotic aftermath of the failed heist. Before we can even catch our breath, we find ourselves in the back seat of a getaway car as one of the thieves is bleeding profusely from a stomach wound while another tries to comfort him.
Beth Accomando
September 11, 2008 at 05:47 AM
Agreed. There are so many memorable scenes and lines.
