bfi research

• 1. BFI Research By Michael Selby

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• The empire magazine outlining the similarities between Ringo Lam s City on fire and Quieten Tarantino s Reservoir Dogs.

• Plot points

City on Fire (1987) 3. More City on Fire

• You may, however, find that the first hour of City surprising, in that it has no more in common with Dogs than it does with Deep Cover or White heat .

• In the end, Tarantino s took no more from this than he did from The killing, the taking of Pelham 123

• What did he take from each film:

• Pelham colour coded names

• The killing the fractures narrative style

• I ve always thought that the closer we can hitch movies to books,

• the better off movies will be

4. Reservoir Dogs

• Reservoir dogs is Tarantinos first hit with audiences, even though it didnt make much money.

• What did he do different from other heist films:

• Left out the heist. In a typical Hollywood movie this would have been the being scene.

• Although he had a low budget

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• Other styles:

• In the opening eleven pages you learn nothing abut the characters or the story.

• Contrasting music sequences

• http://www.youtube.com/ watchv =MRbtEjv29z0&feature= related

• the role of these soundtrack albums are not to be underestimated.

6. inglorious Basterds 7. Thanks for listening