BSA 206 Week 13

Research the following for the Reservoir Dogs film watched in class and post a Blog entry

Director and year
Quentin Tarantino - 1992

Write a short review on the film and state if you would recommend this film
This is an interesting film from the 1990's, which breaks a lot of film barriers of that era. It contains huge uses a lot of violence and swear words which would have been a shock for audiences of that time. I thought this film was interesting in the way it used a non-linear narrative. I would recommend this film to mature audiences as it is graphic. I think this is a good film to watch to really see the style of Quentin Tarantino and his conventions, as they are now often used and copied by more contemporary filmmakers.

Who was the editor of the film and how many other films did they edit for the director?
The director of Tarantino's first film "resoviour dogs" was Sally Menke. An article in 'The Guardian', Sally states that "I've been with Quentin Tarantino since his very first movie and have edited every single thing he's done since then", "We just clicked".

What are your thoughts on the use of non-linear narrative structure within the film?
This nonlinear storyline of the film starts of by presenting a confusing and over the top beginning of the 'reservoir dogs' in a cafe and then one of them lying down in the back of the car who has been shot. As the film progresses, it ends up showing the previous events of how the current situation has occurred. This makes the film a cyclic narrative, by having the same beginning and end, and makes it visually engaging to watch and decipher.

Are there any other films you have watched that also have a non-linear narrative structure? (if not, research another film that has)
The City of God is another film that uses non-linear narrative structure. It is a 2002 Brazilian crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. The story was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the closure of the film depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and vigilante-turned-criminal Knockout Ned.