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Charles C. Savage tells us such a tale of imminent doom in his article "A Society Unraveling in Film" (signed piece, Feb. 11, 1995). Mr. Savage describes for us the now-legendary scene from Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs in which "Mr. Blonde" brutally tortures a kidnapped police officer to the beat of a catchy tune. This serves as evidence for the "decivilizing," "lifestyle of chaos" and "shattering of our cultural barometer" that lie before us. Let's suppose that Savage is correct that we as a society are losing our sense of right and wrong. If that were...
...Fall, the country's No. 1 box-office hit for four weeks this winter. Ethereal beauties Ryder and Thurman earned Oscar nominations last week- Ryder for her role as Jo in Gillian Armstrong's Little Women and Thurman for her portrayal of a heroin-sniffing Mob wife in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Hawke has been winning rave reviews for his role as a charmingly scruffy, Auden-quoting romantic in Before Sunrise. In the meantime, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore (the former E.T. child star and teenage drug abuser who has matured into a confident young actress) have garnered...
These words, spoken by Mr. Blonde to a kidnapped cop in Quentin Tarantino's movie Reservoir Dogs, are prelude to a scene of exquisitely choreographed brutality. Mr. Blonde pretends that he is going to shoot the cop in the face to make him writhe in terror, and then, to the bubble-gum-70s sounds of Stealers wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You," he slices the cop's face with a straight razor, hacks his ear off and then coldly pours gasoline all over him, ignoring his pleas, and light his Zippo before he is blown away...
...with the critical acclaim has come a growing cult of Quentin Tarantino fans. This is especially evident in the ranks of the college-age generation, cultural trend. Posters of Reservoir Dogs decorate the walls of countless dorm rooms across the campus and across the nation; in my own room we have watched my roommate's copy of the movie probably 30 times or more in the past term...
...darkly comic film Pulp Fiction cleaned up with four awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association: best film, director and screenplay (Quentin Tarantino) and best actor (John Travolta). Robert Redford's Quiz Show was voted best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle...