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Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (ie, a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them colour-coded aliases (Mr Orange, Mr Pink, Mr White) to conceal their identities from bein
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Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (ie, a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them colour-coded aliases (Mr Orange, Mr Pink, Mr White) to conceal their identities from being known even to each other. But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception, and betrayal. As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as Pulp Fiction is about redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction, would receive two years later. --Jim Emerson
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Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e., a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them color-coded aliases (Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White) to conceal their identities from being known even to each other. But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception, and betrayal. As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as Pulp Fiction is about redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction, would receive two years later. --Jim Emerson
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Écrit à la suite de Tueurs-nés et de True Romance, qui seront pourtant tournés après, Reservoir Dogs est le premier film réalisé par Quentin Tarantino. Ancien employé de vidéoclub, gavé d'influences cinématographiques, il rend ici hommage au film de braquages en mettant en scène ce quasi-huis clos sanguinolent. Des malfrats – qui ne se connaissent pas – sont réunis pour organiser un casse. Celui-ci tourne mal, et l'explication va être terrible… Produit grâce au soutien providentiel de Harvey Keitel, Reservoir Dogs est rapidement devenu culte. Du rythme, un montage audacieux, une narration non linéaire et beaucoup de dialogues : le style Tarantino est déjà en place. Il ne lui faudra que deux ans et la Palme d'or de Pulp Fiction pour être mondialement reconnu. L'image de ce DVD enterre la version zone 1 : ce master est anamorphique et l'encodage est réalisé sur un DVD 9 (simple face, double couche). Le son – en simple stéréo – est dynamique en version anglaise et française, et distille agréablement des standards des années 70. L'éditeur a ajouté à la bande-annonce une interview de Tarantino, réalisée pour présenter le film à l'occasion de l'édition VHS anglaise. En neuf minutes, il explique avec humour la difficile genèse du film, le rôle déterminant de Keitel, le choix de la musique, et sa position esthétique face à la violence. --Mister. T
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Manufacturer: Live/Artisan
Release date: 20 November 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0012236114208 UPC: 012236114208
Tags: Chris Penn (1), Lawrence Tierney (1), Ear Cut Off (1), Police Informant (1), Bound And Gagged (1), Broken Windshield (1), Steven Wright (1), Carjacking (1), Gunshot (1), Duct Tape (1), Edward Bunker (1), Undercover Cop (1), Armed Robbery (1), Gasoline (1), Warehouse (1), Colors (1), Parole (1), Diner (1), Waitress (1), David Steen (1)
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