Reservoir Dogs
‘The Passion’ Inspired By Reservoir Dogs?
Feb 25th
So I’m reading a review ripping The Passion of The Christ apart and I run across this little gem:
The real model for this film is Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, with its relentless depiction of torture, along with every slasher movie that cloaks its intentions in a higher message.
Combine that with Roger Ebert calling The Passion:
…the most violent film I have ever seen.
and I’d say the gauntlet has been thrown down for Kill Bill 2 to be bloodier and more violent than the first volume.
Alternate DVD Covers
Feb 1st
If you don’t like the DVD cover art that came with your Tarantino DVDs – or if you just have a burned version of the disks – you can now download and print some very cool alternative cover art. There’s nothing up for Kill Bill yet, but with the proposed look of the DVD, its gonna need it. Here’s a list of the alternate covers available:
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Reservoir Dogs
Natural Born Killers
Reservoir Dogs Scene Makes Top Horror List
Dec 4th
Not suprisingly, its the Mr. Blonde ear slicing scene, made all the more creepy by the use of the Stealers Wheel song ‘Stuck in the Middle With You’.
Reservoir Dogs 19th Best Guy Movie Ever
Nov 12th
Mens Journal has compiled their list of the 50 Greatest Guy Movies Ever [CNN article]. The top 3 is respectable: Dirty Harry, The Godfather and Scarface. Reservoir Dogs places 19th and Kill Bill gets honorable mention (51st place) as the best guy movie of the year.
Tarantino Soundboard
Sep 23rd
Need to kill some time? This’ll do it for you.
The Definitive Tarantino Soundboard contains the very best quotes from Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown and True Romance. This Flash application lets you listen to all your favorite QT lines, just by clicking on them. No media players needed.
Bollywood Remaking Reservoir Dogs
Aug 11th
If you didn’t know, Bollywood is the equivalent of Hollywood in India. The remake is being titled Kaante, and is actually going to be filmed in New York. And, although its a remake – they aren’t staying very true to the original script:
The film begins with a veteran gangster Major (Amitabh) released from prison. Wanting to live the life of riley, Major plans a bank robbery with the help of five accomplices, amongst them Sanjay Dutt, an experienced robber; Mahesh Manjrekar, a druggie bouncer; Sunil Shetty; Mak (Lucky Ali) and an undercover cop-with-attitude, Kumar Gaurav who plans to foil their escapade.
The men assume fake IDs to prevent any risk but Sanjay Dutt
Tarantino Is Picky About His Blood
Jul 7th
The IMDB link to this little tidbit will expire shortly, so I’ve just copied the info here for you:
Hollywood hero Quentin Tarantino is back – and he’s as bloody as ever. The True Romance scribe has finally completed his long-awaited fourth feature film as a director, Kill Bill, which stars Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu, and in the tradition of Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, it will be a bloody affair – except this time Quentin’s demanding extra-special fluids.
He says, “I’m really particular about the blood, so we’re using a mixture depending on the scenes. I say, ‘I don’t want horror movie blood, alright? I want Samurai blood.’ You can’t pour this raspberry pancake syrup on a sword and have it look good. You have to have this special kind of blood that you only see in samurai movies.”
Trailer For Natural Born Killers Back On Net
Jun 6th
Here. I always find it interesting to look back on how films were initially marketed. The trailer itself is a 20mb download.
You can also check out the trailers for Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs and From Dusk Till Dawn.
‘Four Rooms’ Released on DVD
May 13th
The 1995 film that 
Reservoir Dogs – The Video Game
Mar 7th
SCi Games announced that its acquired the rights to make Reservoir Dogs into a video game that’ll be released on the PS2 and the XBox. And yes, for those of you who must know, you will be able to cut off the policeman’s ear just like Mr. Blonde did:
SCi promises that gamers will be able to play all the film’s key characters, including Mr Blonde, infamous for torturing a policeman in one of the movie’s most visceral scenes.
Also, here is the original SCi Games press release.
