an amusing anecdote about a drug deal
Quentin Tarantino's schtick doesn't work for me as it used to. He can still put together a good scene but he's got a self-indulgent streak that... watching Reservoir Dogs right now, I realize was always there. Hell, he even gives himself the self-indulgent dialogue in the opening conversation scene. Also gives a bit to Chris Penn. And of course Steve Buscemi. I do like that we start the film with like 7 minutes of dialogue that has pretty much nothing to do with the plot. (There's surely a bit of character setup in the conversation, but it's not as if the film would be broken without this intro. (In fact, the first time I saw the film--in the campus movie theater at USC--I walked into a screening late and missed the opening bit.) Unlike fictional Robert McKee from Adaptation. last week, I think movies are perfectly fine if they spend time outside the plot here and there. Plus, here, the abrupt change (through the opening credits) from cool conversation and over...