Resevoir Dogs: The Blu-Ray Edition

So, I could sit here and write an actual review on this fantastic fuckathon of a film, but we all know how wonderful it is, so why not just skip to my inspirado for writing this review: the blu ray.


First of all, the features are amazing. There is "Playing it Fast and Loose", a 15 minute documentary featurette that takes a look at the film. Even though none of the cast or crew are in doc, it still has some insightful interviews from noted critics and film buffs. And they all pretty much agree; Revesvoir Dogs was  a turning point in film history. The most interesting look is taken at the violence of the movie, and how most people are offended not by the actual violence itself, but instead by the way it is presented.

Another feature included on this edition is a little psuedo doc called "Profiling the Resevoir Dogs". For this, they had a profiler talk in detail about the major psychopaths in the film: Mr. White, Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Brown. Was very specific considering what little information the profiler had. Overall, I would say this gives everyone a better sense of the characters motives, that is if you inquired about them to begin with.

And I rreally can't forget the deleted scenes. 8 scenes that contain dialogue and jokes and action that is definitely worthy of the actual movie, but just didn't have the time to put them in. The infamous deleted scene would probably be the ear cutting scene. In these features, there are two different views that were never put in original film: one is a close up on ear while it is being cut off(pretty damn good sfx for the time if you ask me), then there is another take from farther away still showing more than original did. I understand why he took out these especially, since QT often likes to let the audience fill in the blank.

Another A for awesome feature is the "Pulp Factoid Viewer". This is sort of like commentary, but without having to listen to anybody talk. You turn the feature on, and throughout the movie subtitles come on displaying interesting facts and info during watching of movie. I was a little disappointed that they took some of the special features away that were in the last reissuing of Resevoir Dogs, but since I only spent $10 and because it looks really great in Hi Def, I am willing to let these few shortcomings slide.