RESERVOIR DOGS: "All Right Ramblers, Let's Get Rambling!"

In Episode 49 of Secret Level, Joey and Billy dive into Quentin Tarantino's iconic debut film Reservoir Dogs, breaking down its most memorable scenes of the unconventional heist film, hidden details, and unique storytelling techniques. The duo shares fun commentary on the razor-sharp dialogue, the heist story, and explosive performances. They also share wild behind-the-scenes stories, and discuss how Reservoir Dogs set the stage for his signature style. Packed with humor, insights, and plenty of fan moments, this episode is a must-listen for any Tarantino enthusiast!

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And I just can't believe that we didn't get caught with this. When we did that. Like, that's, I'll, let me go back since we were talking about this kind of before we jumped on. Billy and I, when we were in high school, there was this, you know how every town kind of has like, a haunted house, a witch's house? Well, we had one of those where we grew up. And, when we were these young, stupid teens in high school, For some reason, and I don't know what we were thinking, we're just like, hey. Let's break into this house. Okay. So it didn't seem that bad at the time because we didn't think anybody was living there. So, okay. And I still don't know if anyone was living there, but let me keep the story going because this is such a weird thing that happened to us that I still can't comprehend all these years later. But during the day me, Billy, me and one of our friends, Josh. We drove up to the witch's house and we walked up to this side door and let me just kind of give you this thing. This house was huge. It was in the middle of Glendale Hills in California. This house had two floors. Doors leading out to nowhere. It's like, if you walked out this door, you would drop about 50 feet. it was just a really run down, ragged weeds all over the place. I mean, just kind of like the classic haunted house and in the neighborhood. Right. Yes. And we walk up to this side door and it's not locked and it's kind of partly open already. Cause we were just like, Hey, I'm curious what's in here. What are we going to find in this old house? And we pushed the door open. It kind of creaks a little bit. We walk in and it's like wooden floors. Dusty, dusty, it was like this old 1920s style bar on the side when you walk in this bar table and it had like all these magazines on the floor like time magazines from like, like what the 30s? Yes. 1920s, 30s? They were so old. Like, it was so crazy and we're just like, whoa, this is weird. And there's like. Dust covered everywhere, and you walk in, and if there was someone living there, there was dust on the wood floor. Right, so they weren't coming to that level. Yeah, and you think, and we were leaving footsteps on the floor, like, you could clearly see our footsteps. And so, there were none when we walked in, and so we figured, well, no footsteps, and obviously no one No one, who would live here? This place is like, like kind of a time capsule of stuff. And we're just walking around, looking at stuff. There's like this old 1920s vacuum cleaner. This viewfinder, like this rusty old viewfinder from like, It was so wild. Like, I felt like we had stepped back in time. Right. It we entered this place and the energy was like electric, we were just like, whoa, we were getting like a buzz out of it. We were like, wow, this is like wild and crazy. Like we had no idea what we were going to expect. And. We're like, let's, let's venture a little further into this place. Right. And I'm like, and we, and we were like, hello, like, is anybody here? Because we've, if someone was there, we were going to run out. Like we were gone. If someone answered, we were like jetting out the door and not going to stop to talk to anybody. And I remember. Going upstairs by myself, I'm seeing like these clothes on the, like, just clothes on the stairways, these old clothes. Like flapper era type clothes, and like, webs, and like, it was spooky, it was like we were in a real haunted house, wasn't it? Yeah, it, it had that feeling like when, you know how they sepia tone everything, like, either if, old westerns and stuff like that? It felt like that in that house. Yes. Like, you walked in, it was sepia tone, everything, and you were like, I stepped back in time. But we were all, like, buzzing with energy. It was crazy. And so I'm walking slowly up the stairs, creaky, the stairs are creaking as I'm walking up, and there's like this room in there. We had left the front door open and Billy's down the stairs. He's looking up at me and our friend Josh, as I'm almost to the top of the stairs, cause I'm about to go into this bedroom where I'm just seeing like an old crazy bed. Like I'm ready to like, like go and start going through closets. And our friend Josh, who's Hawaiian, He He comes running up to us, white as a ghost. I've never seen him that white. It's crazy. The blood had drained from his head. And he goes Door just closed on its own. I think that's the closest I've ever come to fainting. Um, I've never fainted in my life, but when he said that and looked that way, I was done. And I remember like, what? I was like freaking out. Cause now we're at the top of the stairs. Now all of a sudden we're like, we're kind of feeling like brave. And then this happened. And then it's like, Oh crap. Now we've like screwed everything up. We've awoken the spirits of this house and now they're ready to enact, you know, enact revenge or something for breaking in. And so now we're freaking out. And so I come like barreling down the stairs and We're like ready to pretty much run out of there when this guy walks in and it scared the shit out of us Oh, man, because we weren't expecting someone to walk in No, we definitely thought it was ghosts. It was paranormal in our mind and I remember like we were just like Everything we all just freaked out and this guy's like ready to call the cops Like, he's a neighborthis guy's a neighborhood watch guy, okay? Yep. And he's like Ready to dial up. What are you doing here? Why are you in this house? Blah, blah, blah. Okay. And you guys have to realize this before this happened. This next part happens. Usually it's Josh and I talking our way out of things. Why don't you tell this next part? Why don't you go into this next part? So. I looked at Josh and Josh's eyes were watering, like he was about to cry. Like this thing was crazy and I was like, I have nothing. I can't talk my way out of a paper bag right now. This is insane. And Joey, who's usually never says a word when we're getting in trouble, he just usually, I usually freeze dead in the headlights, like a deer in the headlights. Dude, this is what Josh and I have called the day that Joey saved our lives. Joey has a camera around his neck and he's been taking pictures the whole time. And out of nowhere, he just goes, Oh, are we doing something wrong? We're trying to, you know, talk about the history of Glendale. And we thought this is one of the oldest houses in Glendale. We're going to start taking pictures. Yeah. It was like, I was like, we want to do a report in our school paper. Yep. And this guy kind of like, you see him blink twice and go, okay, we'll get out of here and don't, don't take anything with you. And then we walked out. No, but remember, remember when, like, I just took it a little bit further? Where I'm like, when he's like, just get out of here. And we started to walk out and I'm like, I was like, hold on, hold on, hold on. Let me just take a few more pictures. And I walk back in and I start snapping a bunch of pictures real quick. And I'm like, Thanks. We were dying. And it was fantastic. It was the greatest thing that's ever happened up until that point. We've had some crazy situations, but by far that was the day that Joe saved our lives. But here's the crazy part. A couple days later Yes. We're telling our friends this story. And they're like, Yeah, right. Like, whatever. I'm like, Dude. No, seriously. Come with us. Let's go check it out. Let's go check Let's go check it out. We're gonna go in again, baby We are idiots. But like it's so funny though because. We go driving back to the house. We have a car full of our friends. There's like four more people. We're packed in To a car and we're ready to just to go in and show them what is going on Yes, we drive up to the house and when we drive past The front, we go, we go around this corner. When you go around this corner There's like a window where you can look right in, right into the house. It's not even a window. It's like open air Bricks with blocks in them so you could see right through into this room And no joke, there is this like, 90 year old woman, white hair, like the whitest hair. She looks like a freaking ghost, like she's not even real, standing in the window doing laundry. There is no way someone was living in that house when we went in. There is no way that she is living there. There's no way! So we see this, and we're just, everyone sees this, and I swear, like, I, we either saw a ghost, or there is a woman that lives there that just never walks around the house, because there were no footsteps. It was like nothing had been touched in that house for years. And the crazy part about it is, is that the people with us know the witch's house. Everybody's driven by there. No one's ever seen anyone in that house. We were in the house and we didn't see anybody, and the guy said no one lived there, but he was looking after it. So what the hell did we see? Exactly. Oh, we all screamed and we drove away, but still. We did not go in the house. We didn't go in the house. No, absolutely not. For a second time. No. No. Cuz screw that crap. I'm still scared of that lady. Yep. Oh, well, I can't say we didn't go into the house the second time bill. Shh you and Josh went back I stayed outside in the car. That would be another story That's what I don't want to tell yeah, we're not gonna tell that one, but okay Um, we'll keep you on the edge of your seats. So that's the closest that Joey and I have ever come to a heist Ever And it really plays into what we're about to talk about, which is Does it? It does. It does. It does. Uh, to the 1992 classic Quentin Tarantino directed. Reservoir dogs. Hello everybody and welcome to Secret Level. I am your host Joey Par, joining me is Billy Fisher! Woo woo woo! Yep. We're going to talk about Reservoir Dogs today. This movie, we actually had the opportunity to see on the big screen. It was with a double feature where we watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the original 1990 version, which we did our last podcast on. Yes. This one we're doing the next one. Reservoir Dogs seeing those two films back to back was pretty awesome. Actually, you know what? It was such a good combo. I, I, You can't explain it unless you see it. Like they just fit so well together. And you wouldn't think that a double feature of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Reservoir Dogs would be like a great mix, a great double feature. But it was, it was fantastic. And the great part is, is it sold out instantly. Yeah. And nobody left for the second. We're lucky we got in actually, because we didn't buy tickets before. And we just walked, we saw this at the, uh, the Beverly Quint, Tarantino's, uh, Beverly, Beverly, Beverly cinema down in Hollywood. So, uh, great experience though. I had never seen this movie on the big screen before. This was a first time for me. Up until this point, we. Discovered Reservoir Dogs in high school on VHS. Yes. And I remember watching that movie for the first time and just being like, Wait, you can make movies like this? Like, this is cool. Like, this is a really cool movie. It was, and the thing is, is that We're going to get into this in a little bit, but Joey and I have been watching this movie since about 94, 95. Yeah. And even to this day, we're finding new things that Tarantino did in that movie that are jaw dropping. That are, it's so amazing the detail he put in this movie that it's, it was like we were giddy. We were like little kids again. We're like, did you see that? I've never seen that before. That's so crazy. It was such a wonderful experience being a teenage cinephile. Yeah. and discovering this movie for the first time because it changed the way that I looked at movies. When this thing premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 92, this just wasn't another independent movie. This thing was a bombshell that ended up just exploding onto the movie scene, forever changing the landscape. Of independent cinema. Dude, forever. Like, everybody wants to be Quentin Tarantino. They want to be the guy who does the next Reservoir Dogs. Like, that's, that's a thing. Exactly. Exactly. I mean, it's become this cult. Cultural touchstone, this phenomenon that's not just revered for its like crazy style and razor sharp dialogue, but also the way it introduced this new kind of storytelling to cinema in general. And this is the thing. If, at first when you watch it, you think, this is very minimalistic, there's very few sets, there's very few different scenes, there's very few, just, things in general. We're used to these big, huge movies, but what Tarantino did, not with just the dialogue, but with background, uh, images and features, uh, it was mind blowing. Like. Not only that, not only was this character development awesome, but it was a heist, heist movie, but it was a completely fresh and different take on a heist film on that genre because it pretty much subverts Every expectation that you might have for the heist genre. One, we never actually see the heist that the characters Never once. Obsess over through, like, the thing that they are planning. We never see that happen. Instead, the whole story unfolds. in a nonlinear fashion, focusing on the aftermath of the botched robbery, which is such a cool, unique way to tell a story. He just Tarantino completely ditches the typical high octane robbery robbery scenes and goes straight in favor of just focusing on the characters, the tension, the tension, That sharp dialogue, all that stuff was just revolutionary for its time. And it made the film so unique, so engaging, and it got the audiences just completely invested in the story and the characters rather than, you know, the action that most people go to, go to see heist movies for. And see, this is what I like about it a lot is like, okay, so we never saw the heist, right? But we know what happened in the heist. We can visualize exactly what happened due to the dialogue that is created in this movie. It's insane. And most of us are rooting for, you know, they, we want our group to complete the heist and get away with it. But we know from a good 20 minutes into it, it all went to shit. And that big looming, when is that final ax going to fall? And our, our team goes down. Yeah. What's gonna happen. Yeah. So he drew out the drama in conversation instead of action, and it was so great. And the conversation, the dialogue is like. It's masterful in the way it's written. It is so, it's, it's fun. It's witty. It's like, each member of this gang, um, I mean, they're all identified, as you know, you've seen the movie, color, they're color coded aliases, Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, et cetera. everything is just sharp, and that dialogue is amazing. Is what propels this movie forward. It just keeps the thing going. It's like the dialogue is the action because you're so invested in what these guys are saying, because it, and it, and it even doesn't even outside of talking about the heist, they just mundane topics that they're talking about, tipping at restaurants, you know, like. This, that whole scene where they're sitting around the table just having this conversation about, like, whatever. Like, I've never seen a movie before do anything like that. Just talk about nothing. Just like, this is just a conversation. You've just entered the middle of this conversation that we're having right now. And that was, like, cool. And it gave the film, like, this sense of realism. And I also love like the dark, dark humor in the movie. Yeah. And here's the thing too that setup that scene in the very beginning when they're in the cafe and they're talking and they're all having the, you get all of their personalities in a small bite, but you know exactly who they are from that. Yes. Like, um. I like to use Mr. Blue as an example. Mr. Blue only has like three lines in the cafe scene and then we never see him again. Never see him again. But you want to know what happened to him? Cause he's part of the group. He was like, what happened? It's kind of interesting and rewatching the movie. I was like, damn, like. I kind of want to get backstories on all of these characters. Right. I wouldn't mind seeing pre a prequel film for each one or even like, even if you were to do a comic book just to give like backstories on all these characters would be pretty awesome. I think that'd be fun. No, absolutely. Like, we got the tease of um, What was it? The Vega Brothers? That we were gonna get a prequel with John Travolta and Michael Madsen as the Vega Brothers. Yeah. I was so excited for that because it took you back to find out how this situation started. Yeah. But we never got that. No, we didn't. People get old. But Reservoir Dogs, like, it wasn't just a cool movie. Like, If you were there when it happened, if you were there in the 90s when this thing was released, it became, like, an attitude. You just, like, had to, like, be this movie. You know what I mean? Right? It had this, it had this weird thing where it was, like, When you watch it, you're just, it's like, you feel like you discovered something that no one else knows about, you know what I mean? And it, and it kind of like rubbed off in your attitude, especially as a teenager, I think. you just had that snappy dialogue, the, the, the 70s soundtrack throughout the film that just, like, oozed that sense of, like, cool, um, and just like, You know, that opening scene with the gang walking in slow motion to the tune of Little Green Bag. Like that scene set the tone for the whole film. It set the film's stylish, uh, nihilistic approach to storytelling. That set it up. When you saw that gang walking down the alleyway just like in their, uh, Like, sweet suits. You're like, damn, that is rad. Just for you listeners to know, Joey and I have tried to recreate that scene in our little movies many, many times, and it just does not have the same Ah, I don't know man, we got one out there that actually is pretty damn pretty good. Hopefully one day you guys will see it. With that, you've got this super cool intro and you're like yes, everybody's badass and then the instant cut to Harvey Keitel and Tim Roth in that car with him screaming for his life was such a stark contrast and it totally rocks your world because now you're like, now where are we doing? Where are we at? What is it? What is going on? And that's, dude, dude. Great. It was great editing. Uh, the filming was wonderful. Let's get into this. We watched this interview with, Tarantino that I found really interesting. Where he was talking about the movie, and like, talking about the title of the film, like, Reservoir Dog. What does it mean? You know? And when the movie first came out, it was one of those things where he's like, I don't wanna, I don't wanna give it away. Like, I don't wanna say it, because I like people's, like, interpretation of it. He's like, I want people to interpret, interpret what it means. Like, yeah, there's a, there's a reason why it's named Reservoir Dogs, but I don't wanna say why, because I like people to, like, have their own opinion on what They think the title means, and I thought that was kind of cool. But he eventually, he gives you a hint of what he was kind of gives you a hint. So he says, I never answered that question because I don't want to step on someone's creativity. I have people come up to me all the time, trying to explain what the title means to them. And I. And if I were to come back with that, I think it means people will stop doing that. I don't want to do that to them. I like hearing what they have to say. The title for the film actually came to Tarantino while visiting a production company. And I'm going to spoil, I'm going to ruin it now because he eventually did, reveal where the title came from. And he noticed that they had a pile of unsolicited scripts under the label Reservoir Docs. All those scripts were fighting. with each other for attention as dogs trapped in a reservoir tank. The name got stuck in his mind, apart from this origin initially told by Tarantino in interviews. In recent years, he started to tell another version, he told someone at the video store he used to work at, Video Archives, and while working there, Tarantino would, uh, often recommend little known films to customers, which is also kind of crazy to think about that Tarantino worked at a video store for five years before he started directing movies. Right. Like, that's crazy. Awesome and wild you don't see many people working at video stores becoming big time movie directors. Anyway, anyway, at one point he suggested the film Goodbye Children, uh directed by Louis Mao. Uh, and the customer Mocking, mockingly replied. I don't want to see no reservoir dogs. So You It must be a term used, that was used back then and now we got this movie out of it. Yeah. Now the fact if this last origin is true or just a funny story devised to answer the question of the origin of the title remains a mystery. We don't know. Right. The title is never spoken in the film though. However, there are two references to dogs in the movie. Right. The German Shepherd present in Mr. Orange's flashback, and when Mr. Blonde called Mr. White a doggie. Are you gonna bark all night, little doggie? Or are you gonna bite? It's true. I love that one. It's so good. The film's budget was so low that many of the actors were asked to simply bring their own clothing as wardrobe. Makes sense. Um, most notably Chris Penn's track jacket. The signature black suits in the movie, however, were provided for free by the designer. And it was based on her love of fashion. For the American crime film genre. And Buscemi, Steve Buscemi, wore his own black jeans instead of suit pants. And Michael Madsen wore a jacket and pants that came from two different suits. Just to kinda give each character their own little flair. Right. Now the reason why that they wore the black suits is Tarantino explained in an interview that they basically it's like when people rob a bank they wear Masks, they all wear the same mask. They all wear the same something. It's to distract the People that they're robbing. It's like, how are you going to describe these people who are robbing. It's like, Ah, they're all wearing black suits and skinny ties. Yeah, they may get differentiating hair color, but everybody was looking pretty much the same. Yeah, exactly. So that's the reason if you're ever going to go rob a bank, make sure you're all wearing the same clothes just to like mess with people's heads. Okay, see, now we know that. Now you know. The more you know. Knowing's half the battle. Tarantino was originally going to play Mr. Pink in the movie, although he made a point of letting all the other actors audition for the part. When Steve Buscemi came in to read for it, Tarantino told him that he really wanted the part for himself and that the only way Buscemi could possibly wrestle it from him was to do a killer audition. So Buscemi did a killer audition. And it's interesting, I mean, How Buscemi got cast in the movie because they were only casting in Los Angeles, right? Harvey Keitel came on to the film as a producer like he read the script He loved it. He called up Tarantino was like, hey, I want to help you produce your movie So he helped get funding for it He helped bring in like a you know more money to get the movie made and when it came to like the casting of stuff Keitel was like Like, there's only so many actors in Hollywood you can have read for the part. We gotta go to New York. We gotta go to New York to do auditions cause there's Other talented people out there and they didn't have it any money though. They didn't have the budget. They were basically like auditioning people for free out of like a closet, a small office space, basically. And, uh, Kytel stepped up and paid for the whole trip to New York, paid for the hotel room, uh, set them up with a cashing director out there. And they read You know, with a bunch of actors. Had they not gone to New York for casting, Steve Buscemi would have not been in this movie. No, he wouldn't. And this movie would not be what it is without Buscemi as Mr. Pink. Right, they picked up And they picked up Michael Madsen, both from New York. So it's like, so that, so going to New York to do the cast name was like hugely beneficial to the film. Well, there's also, we'll post it up on Geek Tyrant one of these times. Um, all of Steve Buscemi's audition tapes for, Reservoir Dogs are online. You can watch them. And he does, Mr. Pink, Mr. White, Mr. Orange, you see him do basically the whole set of characters that are focused on in the movie. He auditioned with every character and unfortunately he kills it all. All the way. Every single character he does, you're like, Dang, he would have been so good in that. Yeah. But, ultimately, Mr. Pink was his, was his baby, and that, he did a fantastic job. Yep. So, when Tarantino initially set out to make this movie, he only had a budget of 30, 000 and a 16mm camera to shoot it. Like, that's what it was gonna be. After Keitel got involved, he helped raise the budget to 1. 5 million. So they were able to do a lot more, which was, I mean, Kytel was like a. Like, help this movie out. So it would not be as the movie it is without Keitel's involvement. Yeah, he pretty much, he took it and ran with it. He saw the magic in that script and just wanted to do the, you know, help Tarantino make sure his vision got brought to life. And it did, which was, like, really cool. That was beautiful. in the beginning of the film, one of the main topics was Madonna. Uh huh. well, it was the inter interpretation of her song, Like a Virgin, they were talking about. Right. Great little conversation. she liked the film. She thought, she thought Reservoir Dogs was great. And she gave him a copy of her Erotica album, signed, and I quote, To Quentin. It's not about dick. It's about love, Madonna. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. See, but that conversation established who each person was in the situation. Yeah. and you have people in your groups. Everybody has people in their groups that can be like, Oh, you're totally that guy. Like, we definitely had a person in our group that was Mr. Brown, absolutely. Quentin Tarantino's character. You have all the guys that think they're cool, who think they're the boss in your group. They established that in that, what, five minute conversation? Yep. And it was great. I love that. It's one of the best starts to a movie. Yeah. Now this movie was like, because the budget was so low, it was guerrilla style filmmaking. So, they couldn't afford to have any police assistance. Throughout the shooting of the movie. So, there's that scene where Steve Buscemi forces a woman out of her car and drives off in it. They, they had to shoot that scene because they couldn't get, stop traffic or anything. So they had to shoot while everything was still going on around them. So it's like they had to shoot it when the traffic lights were green. Right. Because they couldn't not. Because they didn't have anyone to stop traffic. They couldn't stop it. I just, I just thought it was kind of funny where they were out and about shooting this movie guerrilla style. They just had to like improvise without, and like, not a lot of people do that anymore. But I don't know. I guess the assistance is what you really need to pay for and security's not cheap. Right, and there's a video out there of them doing the stunt. Steve Buscemi getting hit by the car and they show the stuntman doing that. And there's a whole crew out there. There's, they have equipment all over the place, but they have to keep it out of the road because everybody's still driving by. So you got everybody. That's a. Passerby is a real person passing by the scene and everybody getting down is what the crap? Yeah, you don't like these kind of real reactions. Yeah, it was it's a great way to do it cuz yeah made it feel more real mr. Blondes Cadillac Coupe Deville belonged to Michael Madsen Madsen because you know They had to use his car because they could Could afford to rent a car. You're right, exactly. For the character. They had to do it for other things. The same car was also used in Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Rick Dalton. Oh man, I love that movie, but we'll talk about that later. I could spend an hour talking just about that movie, but let's continue on. According to an interview on the DVD, Michael Madsen says that Kirk Baltz asked to ride in his trunk to experience what it was really like. Madsen agreed, but decided as he went along That this was time for his own character development. So he drove down a long alley with potholes. And then a Taco Bell drive thru before taking Baltz back to the parking lot and letting him out. So, Kirk Baltz plays, uh, Officer Nash. Yes. From the famous scene. Um, yeah. I can say that was, that's definitely a, a Mr. Blonde kind of thing to do. In a, uh, side story. We put one of our friends in the trunk of Billy's car once. Ah, yes. Yes. And I deserve all the hate I get for this. And Billy goes speeding over train tracks, these big train tracks that we jumped over in his car, like straight up, just like a ramp. At like 40 miles an hour, we hit them. The train track jumping with one of our friends in the trunk. Oh my gosh. He could have died. You could have, ah, that was high school, everybody. That was high school. We, uh, we really didn't think things through back then. Um, and all, every time I tell one of these stories to my wife. She said, uh, did anybody break a bone? Did anybody get hurt? Did anyone die? I was like, no! Thank goodness. Did anyone get kidnapped? Nope. Cuz that could have happened. Multiple occasions. Yeah, we should, wow, we had bad ideas. We had bad, bad ideas. Oh my gosh. Let's talk about the casting of Tim Roth because that's kind of a funny story. Ah, yes. So Roth never auditioned for the movie. He just like met with Tarantino. Uh, for dinner and Tarantino just kept asking like, Hey, just read for me, you know, please just read for me. Roth is like, nah, I'm good. I don't, I don't want to read for you. he's like, it was kind of this thing. It was like, I'm afraid if I read for you, you're going to be like, he thought there was like some kind of like Tarantino would think of them in like a weird way or something if you tried to read for him. So they ended up going out drinking after dinner. Um, Uh, so Tarantino, Keitel, and Roth. And they all just got shit faced pretty much. And when they were drunk, Roth was like, all right, I'll read for it now. So they go back to, I think they either go back to Roth's house or his hotel. I can't remember which one it was. They go back somewhere, they're all drunk and they ended up reading through the whole script where Tarantino reads all the other lines and Roth read his lines. And. Basically, they spent all night reading through the script together and, uh, Tarantino was like, yeah, man, you got the part, dude. Like, seriously, like, why, why wouldn't I give you this part? Right. And Roth was so good in this movie. So good. Oh my gosh. I can't like, every time, just as I've seen her talking about, I just have like, I'm like thinking about that scene where he's just got like, you know, you got shot in the belly. He's bleeding And it's just like I don't want to die man I don't want to die like that whole scene like so gut wrenching like i've never You don't you don't even now you don't see a scene like that in a movie Where it's like something's so raw and like, just like hanging on for dear life. Every, he's in so much pain. And what I love about it, what I love about this scene is he is in so much pain. Like when in movies, when people get shot, it's like, uh, uh, and then they keep running like nothing's wrong or whatever. Right. When you, you know, but he's like, this effing hurts, man. Like he's passing out. Because of the pain. Because of the blood loss. He's like, I'm barely hanging on to my life here. And this hurts like a mother effer. You know? Like, just his screams, just the way he talks. He's talking through pain the whole time. The whole time, man. It's so outrageous how crazy he is in it. And he has this, the fear in his eyes when he's like, when he's, when he's talking. Talking to, uh, Kytel's character, he's just, those two have such a strong relationship in the movie, they form it so fast. So fast. And it's like this father and son relationship. In the course of an hour, you know? And this one of my favorite parts of the movie is, is those two characters interacting with each other. Cause like there's this genuine care and this fear. Like the fear is so real. And you, like I said, you don't see that. You don't see the fear, the pain, all the, all the, the, the way that Roth acts is just something you just don't freaking see in movies anymore, man. No. And the thing with Keitel in the movie, after he takes that shot to the gut, after Roth takes that shot, he owes that man his life. He took the shot. He took the bullet for Keitel and he was going to die saving that man's life. Yeah. And you knew that just the way that he's. Talking the way he's like, Hey man, we need to get, we need to get Joe over here. We need to get, it was just those two men was, uh, it was amazing. Yeah. Ah, love that scene. Yeah. Every scene with those characters. I mean, freak them whole movie, man. Wow. Like crazy. Right? Sheesh. So what really got me in this last screening that we watched of it, uh, we're going to talk about the torture scene later, but when Nash and, um, New and Dyke or Mr. Orange are having their conversation. Nash is complaining that, Oh, my face is all effed up. Oh, I lost my ear. Look at my face. And the way Roth reacts to him, I'm dying. Like he knows he's already dead. He's like, why you could go on living with your missing ear or your cut face. Yeah. He's like, F you I'm dying. I'm never leaving this area alive. And it's like, it just like hit for some reason on the big screen. I don't know why it hit me that way, but I was like, Damn, he's already accepted. There's a lot in this movie that I noticed watching on the big screen that I hadn't noticed in all the years of watching it at home. Right. when this movie though, when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, apparently there's a story where Tarantino stood up in the middle of the movie, told them to stop projecting because, The entire film was shot in widescreen, and the projector only had a normal size lens that wasn't meant for side widescreen, so half of whatever was shot up on, was shot for the film wasn't up on screen. So he was kind of annoyed with that, and then they obviously fixed it, hopefully, and got it screened. Yeah, but see, that's why we were all tricked for so long. Because we got we got we watched it on the freaking TV in a box is all we got to watch it on Billy They didn't have widescreen anything. So when we saw it at Tarantino's Theater we noticed something that gave me chills. Okay. Yes I know exactly where Billy is going here and I mentioned this after the screening it was the one thing I was like, man I never noticed that before and that was in the background. We noticed that there's coffins You In the background, like, this is a place to store coffins. Like, that warehouse there is a coffin storage facility. And Mr. Blonde is sitting on a hearse. Yeah! In the back. Uh, we never noticed, and there's the same amount of coffins that there are main characters in the movie. Yep. Wild. Back in the corner. Like, It's insane. It was like my eyes were open to a whole new aspect of this film that I had never seen or noticed before. And I loved that. I was like, had I not seen this movie on the big screen, I would have never seen it. Yeah. Cause they, they, they zoom in to like, you mainly notice it when it's the, the conversation between Mr. Pink and Mr. White, all of a sudden you see it and you're like, holy shit, that's crazy. So they're in a, um, uh, a garage that stores. Funeral home equipment. So coffins, hearses, like everything in there. They're, they're in an embalming station at one point. It's like, they're surrounded by death. Yeah. There's no getting out. And it just added this whole new element to the story for me. Oh, so it was like almost like now the place that they are in is a character. That warehouse became a character for me for the first time. Right. When that wasn't the case all of these years. Right. It was gloomy before it was a gloomy place. But then. With that wide screen, you're like, holy shit, this is amazing. This is the coolest thing I've seen. But yeah, uh, It just took the movie to a whole other level. So if you get a chance to like, I don't know, watch the movie on the big screen, go watch this shit. So good. When the film was released in America, it hardly had any promotion. It was just marketed as like, hey look, it's an independent movie. Um, it was semi successful, but didn't like, blow up. However, England and Europe, it was a huge hit. Like, Tarantino would be mobbed on the streets of London when he walked down because it was such a big success there. And they, uh, Tarantino explained in this interview that we watched that the reason was is because overseas they marketed it as a like a big major Hollywood picture. Like it was like, this is a big thing coming out of America. Well, I hear it was like, eh, it's an indie film. There it was like, this thing's, this is a big movie everybody. It got released on all the screens, whereas here it was only released in minimal screens. There it was in every single theater and it was selling out like crazy. So, they lucked out. The torture scene. Ah, the torture scene. In the film. This is a scene that Tarantino had to fight Harvey Weinstein for. He should have just fought him anyway. He, Weinstein wanted it cut. Didn't want to go as far as they did. Tarantino's like, nah, we're keeping it in. Weinstein felt it would have had a serious negative effect on the audience. But Tarantino stood his ground and Weinstein ultimately relented, which is good because it is, it is a hard scene to watch. But it's one of the most memorable scenes you will ever watch. It is one of the most memorable scenes in movie history. But I remember being so disturbed watching it for the first time. So uncomfortable. I was like, Oh my gosh. And it's so funny. And Tarantino talked about this, how it was like, you had the music stuck in the middle playing and you're like, it's a happy tune. And you're like dancing along and it starts and you've got Michael Madsen there, he's, you know, got the razor out. He's just kind of like dancing to the music. It's like, there's like kind of this happy feel to it. And then he just starts carving up the cop and you're like, holy freaking shit. And that's the thing too, is that While everybody else is disturbed, Michael Madsen looks truly joyous the whole time. He's got a big ol smile on his face. This is exactly what he wanted to do. And the audience is just along for the freakin ride. Exactly. Like, we are just there, we are part of the scene, we are experiencing it. It is nasty, it is brutal, and it is fantastic what it does because it, elicits this reaction, this like, like I said, the first time that we saw that, whoa, like, I was like, wait, what? This is crazy that they put something like this in a movie, but at the same time, Reservoir Dogs would not be the movie it is without that scene. It had to be there. You had to see the insanity and the madness of that character. Just completely unhinged on every level. Right. Uh, something happened to that guy. Like, it's interesting when Tarantino talks about that character, because He's like a lot of people would see him as a bad guy, like this bad guy. And he is, he's a bad guy, but he also is a good guy. He's a good soldier. Like he spent time in prison for these guys. He didn't break or bend, you know, or turn anyone in. He did the time for these crooks because he's loyal like that. But when he was in prison. He explained like something happened to him that just jacked him up and broke his brain and now he's a psychopath. And see that's the thing. And we see that on full display now. We see the psycho. So we were, so when they're describing how the firefight went down in the bank. They're like, he went psycho, but in his mind, he couldn't go back to prison. He couldn't get caught for this. He cannot go back to prison. So he's willing to kill everybody to get out of there. But once he's out of there, he can't resist the torture. He can't resist the little voices telling him, well, this is a cop and he's the reason I went to prison, I'm going to get him. Regardless of what it would have done, because can you imagine if you would actually sent, set that room on fire, they would have been found out right away. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yep. so yeah, it just, that little crazy took over and he's like, I got to cut this dude up and then set them on fire. Let's do that. Yeah. The, the nothing. Can compare to the sigh of relief when he's about to light the gasoline on fire and he gets Blasted by Tim Roth. Yep, everybody in the audience is Even though we all we've all seen the movie But when we didn't see the movie, when it was the first time we watched the movie, it was like, we, we were just like, holy shit, dude, like, what's gonna happen here, man? I don't even know, pass me the nachos. Perfect. It was perfect though. The way that film was shot. That scene was filmed and the music and the intensity was perfect. It's kind of like, and what I like about it was when things get really crazy, there's silence in that movie. Yeah. It goes silent. Like when something big happens, everything just goes quiet. Yeah. And it's like, You have to let that scene sink in a little bit and then you're like you really do you gotta let the half that you Kind of have to have that whole movie sink sink into you when you're done watching it because holy shit that ending Whoa, like what? Wow Dude, seriously and like I love the fact I know we're getting ahead of ourselves, and we're talking about the ending already, but when you can hear Steve Buscemi outside with the cops, that, man, you don't need to see that scene. You know Mr. Pink so well at that point, you know exactly what's happening out there. Yep. And it's fantastic. He set it up so perfectly. Yeah. Wow. Ugh. Gives me chills just talking about it. Man, I wanna watch the movie again. I know, I'm gonna go watch it right now when we're done. I already set it up on my Amazon. alright. Edward Bunker. Edward Bunker. This guy is a career criminal for real. He's the youngest felon to be sent to San Quentin. he was sent there at the age of 17. He's an author and he's played cons in other films over the years. Yeah, he's been a technical advisor on films like heat. And, um, you know, some other movies. But in an interview with Empire Magazine, he talked about Reservoir Dogs and how unrealistic it was. He said he would never have considered committing a robbery with five people he didn't know. And therefore could not trust. He also commented that it would be extremely foolhardy for the distinctively dressed gang to publicly have breakfast together beforehand. Oh man. When news of the robbery broke, witnesses would have, would be certain to remember them. Which is, makes some good points. Yeah, absolutely. But who cares? Who cares? It made a good film. But yeah, Edward Bunker played Mr. Blue. Yes. The guy with only three lines in the movie. Yeah. But, yeah. I wonder if he expressed his concerns to, uh, to Tarantino. Probably, but you know Tarantino. Tarantino's probably like, ah, I like my script. Yeah, it looks cool, it looks, I can just see him saying that. It looks cool. Yeah. I'm gonna do it. The movie was shot in 35 days. It's a, it's kind of a long shoot for, for an indie film. Well, they had to do the guerrilla filming like on the street and stuff. But they did it man, they did it. Yeah. And they pulled it off, great, great job. Great job. Okay! Now, a word from our sponsor. Hey there breakfast champions! Are you tired of the same old boring breakfast? Sick of choosing between a hearty meal and a sugary start to your day? Well, buckle up! Because we've got the most outrageous, mouth watering, mind bending innovation ever to hit your plate. Introducing cereal meat! That's right, folks! Cereal meat! The only product that dares to ask, why should breakfast be just one thing, when it can be everything! Imagine juicy, succulent hamburger meat, infused with your favorite cereals! Oh yeah! 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Cereal meat is not responsible for any strange looks from family members or friends. Consume at your own risk, moo responsibly. Cereal meat mystery box contents are random and may contain items that defy logic and common sense. Order now. And embrace the bizarre. Quentin Tarantino wanted James Woods to play a role in the film and made him five different cash offers apparently. Woods agent refused the offers without ever mentioning it to Woods. As the sums offered were below Woods usual salary. When Tarantino and Woods later met for the first time, Woods learned of the offer and was annoyed enough to get a new agent. Ha ha ha ha, I got that dude fired. Tarantino avoided telling Woods which role he was offered because the actor who played the role was magnificent anyway. But, it has been speculated that the role to which Tarantino was referring was Mr. Orange. Okay. Uh, yeah. I don't think you can beat Tim Roth in this, this role. Let me ask you this. Is this true? Uh, that Robert Kurtzman did the special makeup effects for free on one condition that Tarantino wrote a script for From Dusk Till Dawn based on a story that Kurtzman came up with? That's what they say. Yeah. And then eventually went and starred in the movie. Yeah. Alright. Decent movie. I thought it was good. So that happened. Yep. There we go. To avoid alienating the film's backers, producer Lawrence Bender had the tamer scenes of the film shot first so that the dailies would strengthen the backers confidence before getting into the nasty violent scenes like torture and death and chaos. And there was a lot of that. You think? Just a little bit. Tarantino revealed at one point in an interview that the entire soundtrack budget was spent on securing stuck in the middle with you for the film. Tarantino was content with having no other music in the film as long as he could use that song. The other songs were secured thanks to the producers managing to make a record deal for the soundtrack. Tarantino and the producers were all well aware Tarantino That the plan might not have worked out at all, but it did, and so everybody wins. Yep, and I still have that soundtrack. And I can't imagine the movie without Stuck in the Middle with you. Like, that song had to be there. It was the only thing that worked perfectly for that scene. Absolutely. On a day off during the shoot, Lawrence, uh, Tarantino was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on his nephew. According to Tarantino, Tarantino was taken from his bail arraignment to the set. Oh, good for him. Good for him. Yeah, I heard he was a terror to work with. What would cause, this is just your nephew. Right. Like, I can't, I have nephews. Mm hmm. I can't imagine pulling a gun out on any of them. What did that, what did that fight happen? What the hell happened? Yeah, what happened with that? That's so crazy. I wish we got more into the story. I know. Because I wouldn't mind, you know, kind of getting some insight there. But, uh, wild. Um, According to Steve Buscemi, everyone had a difficult time with Lawrence Tenorin because he was easily distracted and kept forgetting his lines. Tarantino and and everyone else were so upset, Quentin fired him on the third day of filming. Oh, good for him. But at least he made it through the first three days. He did. So, there you go. A lot happened in that first three days. Yeah, all the best stuff happened in the first three days. So while the film was making the rounds at the film festival, at one of them, apparently 15 people walked out, including famed horror director Wes Craven. Special effects artist Rick Baker. Baker later told Tarantino to take the walkout as a, quote, compliment, and explained that he found the violence Very unnerving because of its heightened sense of realism. Tarantino commented about it at the time saying it happens at every single screening. For some people the violence or the rudeness of the language is a mountain they just can't climb. That's okay. It's not their cup of tea, but I am affecting them. I wanted that scene to be disgusting. So he wants the reaction and, and again, like you watch this movie now. Yes. The dialogue is just very like, you can't say you can't talk like that anymore. Like you can't talk like that anymore. There's some things that are said there that just cross a line for people. And yeah, just, you know, people get offended. Lots of people get offended these days. It just happens. Reservoir dogs definitely isn't for. Everybody. but when Tarantino learned that Craven walked out, he said, I can't believe the guy who directed last house on the left walked outta Reservoir Dogs. Craven responded. Last house was about the evils and horrors of violence. I did, I did not mean to glorify it. This movie Reservoir Dogs glorifies it. Ooh Bird Tarantino by Craven. Wes Craven makes some of the most disturbed crap ever. I know. Dude. And he's gonna say that. I know. It's hard to buy into because Dude, have, like, have you seen some of his movies? Freakin A. It's wild. Like, some of his movies are just completely bonkers, and they're, some of the scenes in those movies are hard to watch. I mean, have you seen The People Under the Stairs? The hell? Shimmy Christmas, that was whaaat? Yeah. I mean, I loved it. I used to watch that movie all the time when I was a kid. But, gosh darn, dude. I, I, I still have trauma responses to people getting their tongues cut off. Yeah, dude, for real. They're like, ugh. Ugh, okay. Anyway. Well, good for him, I guess. When Tarantino was talking about the heist in the film, he said that the reason that he didn't show it was that he always liked the idea of not showing it He's stuck with the, that idea in order to make the details of the heist undefined. He has said that the technique allows for realization that the film is about other things. A similar framework as that of the stage play, Glenglary Glen Ross and its film adaptation In which the mentioned robbery is never shown on camera. Tarantino has compared this to the work of a novelist. And has said that he wanted the film to be about something that is not seen. And that he wanted it to play With a real time clock as opposed to a movie clock ticking. Which I like, so. Yeah. The whole movie plays out in real time when they're in that warehouse. Minus the flashbacks. Where it's like, kind of giving you a sense of what happened after the robbery. But everything's playing out in real time. And, that's another great thing that I loved about the movie. Yeah, and it does, and the thing is, is it never loses its tension. Cause, you know that every flashback scene brings them to this scene. Like, they're, they went through this, um, and now they're stuck in this, uh, warehouse where all hell's breaking loose. Yeah, Terry Gilliam is thanked in the credits, which is interesting, and that was due to advice that he gave Tarantino during a Sundance workshop. Okay. Hey, hey. Hey, take advice from Gilliam. Why wouldn't you? Yeah, why wouldn't you do that? The line where Mr. White tells Mr. Pink, I need you cool. Are you cool? Was added into the script after a conflict between Lawrence, Tyranny, and Michael Madsen. To break the scuffle and continue shooting, Tarantino said to Tyranny, Larry, I need you cool. Are you cool? Yeah, I mean I love that they threw that in there though like right cuz it works. It works He's like you said the line to him and he's like I have put that in the movie. That's a great. That's a good line Man um editor Sally Mankey's Agent originally lobbied for her not to work on the film. Mankey disagreed and went on to edit Tarantino's first six movies. She also edited Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is why the double feature worked. Yeah, and we, so that was the whole premise of the double feature was a celebration of Sally Mankey's work. And Tarantino picked his two favorite Sally Mankey movies and played them. Yeah. So, Ninja Turtles and Reservoir Dogs. Yeah. It worked out so well. Tarantino originally wrote the role of Mr. Pink for himself. We know that to be true. Buscemi got the role of Mr. Pink, but it said that he originally auditioned for the part of Mr. White. While Michael Madsen originally auditioned for the part of Mr. Pink. Then I hear, there's this thing that said George Clooney read for the role of Mr. Va Bond? But was turned down, and Christopher Walken refused the same role? Hmm. These are things online that we found. Uh, Vincent Gallo turned down the role of Mr. Pink, which doesn't make sense if Tarantino was gonna take on the role of Mr. Pink originally before Steve Buscemi got it. Samuel L. Jackson is said to have auditioned for the role of Mr. Orange. Once Tim Roth was cast, Tarantino originally wanted him to play Mr. Blonde or Mr. Pink. Okay. Robert Foster and Timothy Carey auditioned for the part of Joe Cabot. And the film is dedicated to Carey. Forrester eventually played Max. Cherry and Tarantino's Jackie Brown. So as you can see there's like a lot of stuff there a lot of actors that had like Apparently auditioned for something some of this could be wrong. So I don't know, I'm just throwing that out there. Take that information what you will. Uh, I'm moving on. Uh, Tarantino wrote the first draft in three and a half weeks. That's pretty quick. There was an alternate song, apparently, for the torture scene. And that was Ballroom Blitz, by The Sweet. By The Sweet, okay. Well, I mean, I could Stuck in the middle would have worked so much better. I'm glad they got it. I wonder, I'd be curious to Have someone cut together that scene With ball and blitz playing i'd be curious to see what that looked like just to see just curiosity I get that but I wouldn't mind seeing that either. Yeah, although there is no definitive answer to what mr White whispers to mr. Orange in the french release of the film. He says you don't want to blow the blow job, by the way in the italian dub version. He says You Do you want me to give you a handjob too? In the Spanish dub version he says, I'll comb your hair so you look handsome. So, yep. But see, here's the thing. Choose whichever one you like. Right, um, but in that scene you don't need to know. He was just trying to calm him down. It doesn't matter what he said. In Mr. White's flashback, Joe asks him about a girl named Alabama. This is a reference to Patricia Arquette's character from True Romance. Tarantino has stated that he originally intended this character to meet up with Mr. White and to become partners in crime. When True Romance was released, The ending was changed and the backstory became inconsistent. Alabama never went on to meet with Mr. White. I mean, he does like everything. Probably for the better. Yeah, he likes everything in the same world, so, yeah. Whatever. Yeah. The classic line in the film, Let's get to work, is often attributed to this film, but in fact comes from the 1966 movie, The Professionals, which is one of Tarantino's favorite movies, apparently. That's a good line. Yes. Let's get to work. Prior to the scene, Showing the colored bottles of detergent, you see two shirts hanging on the wall and a rag in the distance on the floor. They are appropriately in sync with the surnames of the characters in their present states. Mr. White and Mr. Pink are upright and close to each other, corresponding to the two shirts, while the orange rag lying in the distance would be in position with Mr. Orange in the next room. Yeah, I mean it's during while they were Talking in that bathroom washing their hands and talking. It's in the background. You can see it I went and looked at it and but that scene is so intense. You're not really paying attention to the background You're not but it's there. It's there. There's this interest. These are there. There are these little interesting Details added to the movie that you wouldn't notice unless you you know, listen to our podcast There you go. That's why you come to us Kirk Baltz, the guy who played the cop, recalls a more graphic version of the torture scene. apparently they filmed, involving a tube running up to his ear that squirted blood. Mattson, however, has said he thought it was rather tame after seeing the scene play out that way. So instead of squirting blood, he just wanted to, like, do something a little bit more. I think the subtlety works, though. It does. Because that kind of makes it more humorous than intense. It's still brutal. Still brutal. It's rough. Yeah. In the first scene of the Mr. Blonde chapter, when Vic Vega is meeting with Joe and Nice Guy Eddie, he states that his parole officers seymour Skagnetti. This character may be related to the character Jack Skagnetti in The Detective in Natural Bored Killers which was also written by Tarantino. Yeah, he likes using the same names. Yeah, makes sense. Yeah, whatever. Do what you gotta do. The Wilhelm Scream! This famous scream is heard when Mr. Pink pushes a pedestrian on the sidewalk while being pursued by cops during his escape from the failed heist. The soft drink that Mr. Blonde is drinking from is from Big Kahuna Burger. While it displays no logo, the distinctive narrow red diagonal stripes Which vary in width or give it away. This same cup pattern is seen in a number of Tarantino movies, including Pulp Fiction. from Dusk Till Dawn the series, where we actually see the restaurant. and, uh, yeah. That is one tasty burger. That is one tasty burger. I've always wanted to try that burger. I feel like a hamburger now. Yeah, let's go. In an interview featured in the documentary I am fish head psychologist Robert d Hare. Reports that Mr. White Harvey Kit tell's character and Mr. Blonde illustrate the differences between the mental health diagnosis of sociopathy and psycho. Mr. White is a sociopath, a professional criminal who nonetheless has some loyalty and standards of conduct. He takes no pleasure in violence, but regards the use of force as an occasional necessity in his vocation. In contrast, Mr. Blonde enjoys torturing the captured police officer. Mr. White explicitly describes Mr. Blonde as a psychopath and condemns his reckless shooting of people. There you go. In the opening scene, when Mr. Pink is giving his tipping speech, he says, when he orders coffee, he wants his cup filled six times. Earlier in the film, when Chris Penn starts talking about the night the lights went out in Georgia, Mr. Pink can be seen about to take a sip from his cup before realizing it's empty and then he looks for the waitress. She should have filled it six times. Should have filled it six times. That's her bad. David Duchovny auditioned for a part. According to Duchovny, tarantino told him, I like what you do, I just don't know if I want you to do it in my movie. That's a slick line, man. I like it. I like that. You should put that in a movie. Yeah, absolutely. Tarantino partially financed this film with the fee he received from a now infamous appearance as an Elvis impersonator on the episode of The Golden Girls. Yep. So it would be his wedding part one. And now whenever that comes on, I can't not see it. I know. Viggo Mortensen auditioned for a role. He read for a Hispanic character in a scene to be performed with Harvey Keitel. More than 20 years later, Tarantino offered him a role in the hateful late, but Viggo couldn't commit due to scheduling conflicts. Matt Dillon was considered for the role of Mr. Bond. Nicolas Cage was considered for the role of nice guy Eddie. In the end, Reservoir Dogs is one of those films that just, to this day, continues to resonate with audiences because it just capsulates the raw energy and innovation of independent filmmaking in the 1990s. It was a film made on a shoestring budget that looked and felt like a big screen production thanks to Tarantino's knack for visual storytelling, uh, script writing. and his deep understanding of film history. I mean, the guy is like, it's an encyclopedia of knowledge when it comes to film. The themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the moral ambiguity of crime are timeless, ensuring that the new generation of viewers can connect with the story just as much as audiences did when it first premiered. Moreover, the film's Influence on cinema cannot be overstated. It paved the way for countless other filmmakers who saw Reservoir Dogs as proof that a great story, strong characters, and sharp dialogue could be more powerful than a big budget. Tarantino's work inspired a wave of indie filmmakers to take risks, tell unconventional stories, and trust that the audiences were ready for something new, different, and unique. I like it. Yeah, it was cool. Yeah, I mean, Reservoir Dogs stands as a reminder of the power of originality and the importance of trusting an audience's intelligence. Which a lot of films don't do these days. You go go see these like big budget movies and it's like they have to spoon, these filmmakers for studios feel like they have to spoon feed you crap. Like we're not idiots. We know what a good script is. We know what a good story is. Stop writing crap. Yeah, but that's what we're stuck with these days. One, I, based on everything that you and I have seen recently, one out of every five movies is actually good. Dude, it's, it's awful. It's so sad that movies, so many movies are bad. Even movies that are good are still like, meh, could have been better. Yeah, it's mid. Even movies that, like, I enjoy, I'm like, meh. But yeah, but they still treat the audience like idiots. Right. I don't know. I love this movie though. It's one, I don't re watch it all the time, but uh, I think watching it in the theater was the first time I had seen it in years, and it was just a really great experience. So if you haven't watched Reservoir Dogs In a while. Throw it on. Give it a watch. You'll enjoy it. It's a true classic. It is. It absolutely is fantastic. 30 years later, it continues to captivate audiences. Now I wish I could see every single, cause I've seen a lot of them on the big screen, but I wish I could see every single Tarantino movie on the big screen to catch the things that maybe I missed. Cause there was a lot in Reservoir Dogs that I was like, oh my goodness. In such a small room. There's so much going on. Yep. Alright guys, well that was fun. Yeah, thanks for joining us on this Reservoir Dogs adventure. We really appreciate it. We hope you enjoy listening to our podcast. We enjoy doing it when we can. In the meantime, you know, follow us on our socials. Twitter and Facebook. At Secret Level is our tag. Yeah, it'll be fun. So check us out. We've got lots of fun things. Keep listening, because we've got some more stuff prepped and ready to go. So. It's about Halloween time. It is. You guys know how much we love Halloween. We're gonna get into some horror movies here coming up. So yeah, it's gonna be a good time. I love this season. The Halloween season is my favorite. So. Yeah, I'm excited. Let's do it. All right, everybody. Take care, and we'll, you know. Talk to you later. Good journey! Good journey, folks. Real quick, we didn't do favorite quotes. But while we're kind of waiting right now, my favorite quote is one that I can't say. There's a lot of them that, yeah, I can't say. There's like, my favorite quote of the movie is one I used to say all the time in high school, but like now if I say it, it just isn't gonna go over well. You all know what it is. If you can't figure it out, I'll just kind of give you the setup. Why do I got to be called Mr. Pink? And then the answer to that, well, you know. I end up with five dudes who all want to be Mr. Black and they end up shooting each other. I make the decision, you're Mr. Pink. Yeah, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna fill in the blanks. But it's crazy because back in the 90s, Man, this is one of those words we used all the time. Yeah, but you just can't do it anymore. 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