A lesson of cinema

Rating: 10/10 (7 December 1998)

With this movie america proves that all movies made over the Atlantic ocean are not all similar (difference between 'Independance day", "Men in Black", "Stargate" ?) This movie is a kind of lesson of making a movie. There must be dialogues, screenplay, actors, director, music. The movie begins with dialogues came directly from a Sacha Guitry's screenplay; Who had seen "Like a virgin" like a pornocrat ? Who had really reasons not to give a tip ? You got them. The story is well-built, with those flashbacks and "coups de theatre". Sending few guys in outer space can't make a screeplay. The actors are all perfect. Tim Roth shows that he can play every kind of role (Joshua Shapira, Van Gogh, Pumpkin, Charles Ferry), idem for Harvey Keitel who plays in every kind of film, for every generation ("The piano", "From dusk till dawn", "Pulp Fiction", "Le regard d'Ulysse"), or Steve Buscemi, the actor with the most eclective filmography ("Con air", "Fargo", "The real blonde", "Armaggedon", "The big Lebowski"). Michael Madsen shows that the word of maniac or psycho is very often usurpated. Mr Blonde is the new Norman Bates. Q Tarantino the director always knows where to put the camera, to see the "little differences" that make the differences between the different characters. Try to listen to "Stuck in the middle with you" without thinking about this scene of torture. When the right song is used at the right scene, the fact is that you can't hear the music without thinking about this scene. Martin Scorsese said that "Resevoir dogs" is the film where the music is used by the best way. I think it sounds very good. By using the music this way you can also add "Halloween" and "Sonatine" (Takeshi Kitano). "Reservoir dogs" is a lesson to the new directors who try to make films. Putting music or telling "f***" in every sentence is not enough to make a film. This is a message to Michael Bay and Rolland Emmerich.
10 on 10