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Now THAT was an opening scene.

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You tell him. You tell him I'm coming. Tell him I'm fucking coming!

[mrgolightly]

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Note to self.  Never yell at Samuel L. Jackson.

[stupidfuckingquestions]

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There's a new, extremely hilarious "Between Two Ferns" Oscar special!  Seriously great stuff.  Galifianakis is in his prime and as funny as ever.  Well not as funny as The Hangover, but pretty god damn funny.

[watch it]

[jacknicholson]

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All 272 "fucks" in Reservoir Dogs.  Happy holidays.

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I WANT. MOAR. WEEKEND. F**KAH.

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"You're not Mister Purple. Some udder guy on some udder job is Mister Purple. You're Mister PINK!"

For the rest of the day, I'm going to be casting the lead in the RESERVOIR DOGS spinoff that will never happen...STRAY DOG: THE BALLAD OF MR. PURPLE

Suggestions for supporting characters and plotlines are welcome

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The Ipcress File is a classic example of the opening credits as a short film, revealing a slice of a character's life outside the story. Much like Jackie Brown, though we can't say for sure his sequence took a cue from this one.

Seen any good "story credits" recently?

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No cowboy boots on Blonde, no curls on Nice Guy Eddie.

So close and yet so far.

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"I hate violence. That has never prevented me from using it in my films."

-Samuel Fuller, director/pulp hero

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Michael Madsen doesn't get enough respect.

  He's been asked about Reservoir Dogs more times than he could count. It's always about Quentin. Or playing a psycho. Or what he allegedly did to piss off Lawrence Tierney on that day when that thing happened that one time.

The most well-meaning actors check out when they're not on. They don't pay attention to what's happening on the set. If a movie turns out to be special down the line, great. They'll sign some photos, they'll dust off an amusing anecdote, but it's always just work. It's like you're asking line cooks at Pizza Hut about the pies they made the day before, and which one was their favorite. 

But for Reservoir Dogs Madsen can talk about the music, the gaps in the story, the borderline ritualistic process Tarantino went through to get that opening sequence just as he imagined.  For an actor to silently document his days on a movie he feels good about is rare, but for a million-dollar indie directed by a random first timer in 1991? No. It simply isn't done.

Unless you're Michael Madsen - in which case, f*ck it- you'll recount everything with vivid detail, and the occasional, eerily-dead on impression.

Respect the man, because the man has seen it all, and bothers to remember it.

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The Reservoir Dogs video game, released in 2006, was so violent that it was banned in Australia and New Zealand.  I've never played it but the reviews online aren't very good and Michael Madsen is the only dog that participated.

Anybody ever played this?

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I dunno. I say it's Disco Krypton for the win.

[riptapparel]

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Mad Men by Nik Holmes

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Me sitting in the Inosanto Academy, listening to Jeff Imada.

I know If I talk now, I won't stop for twenty minutes.

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If somehow you don't know Jeff Imada, study up. His work on the Bourne films was groundbreaking, but he's been way beyond the curve for years. Consider Rapid Fire (if it doesn't do it for you, skip the clip above to 1:10).

 It's a product of the time, but this first fight with Brandon Lee has notes of the resourceful, musical qualities that are a trademark of Imada's choreography.

Guy coming down the stairs? Do you...

a) Hop onto the stairs?

b) Pull guy over the stairs?

c) Hide around a corner and wait?

None of the above. Watch it and remember: this was an American action film in 1992.