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Written by James M. Tate / 12/05/2022 / 1 Comment / chris penn , exploitation , gangster , harvey keitel , kirk baltz , michael madsen , nineties , post-heist , quentin tarantino , randy brooks , steve buscemi , tim roth

RUDIMENTARY RAMBLING FOR THE LEGENDARY 'RESERVOIR DOGS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtMDOWZ4_rJgbyZ3Bs0WU2GE8U-gIL3f7t-uvC3OOE-1Lao9P6xpIQuH_4kFldVNfO3AoBW5kzBdioexmeqFMj317CUr_PdyjLHrwvC5usf71g12b1jBZ7fz46LjgdzOqOBBEc6S_A84fln7CgxgZjvzP7MUrOlN_DrNAtBfUnlCKqMVotoaK6m5pFQ/s1155/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtMDOWZ4_rJgbyZ3Bs0WU2GE8U-gIL3f7t-uvC3OOE-1Lao9P6xpIQuH_4kFldVNfO3AoBW5kzBdioexmeqFMj317CUr_PdyjLHrwvC5usf71g12b1jBZ7fz46LjgdzOqOBBEc6S_A84fln7CgxgZjvzP7MUrOlN_DrNAtBfUnlCKqMVotoaK6m5pFQ/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Lawrence Tierney in RESERVOIR DOGS Year: 1991 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>If, before 1991, someone mentioned that a movie involving a group of hardened thugs… including Noir legend/tough guy Lawrence Tierney, 1970's cinema legend who resembles an actual criminal Harvey Keitel, and real life ex-prisoner Eddie Bunker… would sit around in a diner discussing (or listening to others discuss) Madonna songs, no one would believe it.... <br>
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But it took that kind of creative pop culture insanity to create one of the greatest modern crime flicks, written and directed by a former video store employee who’d soon become an international icon...</p><p><span></span></p>

chris penn, exploitation, gangster, harvey keitel, kirk baltz, michael madsen, nineties, post-heist, quentin tarantino, randy brooks, steve buscemi, tim roth

RUDIMENTARY RAMBLING FOR THE LEGENDARY 'RESERVOIR DOGS'

Lawrence Tierney in RESERVOIR DOGS Year: 1991 Rating: ***** If, before 1991, someone mentioned that a movie involving a group of hardened t...

KIRK BALTZ RECALLS RESERVOIR DOGS

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"He was very brave and that scene bound us together in cinema history." Michael Madsen</td></tr>
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<i>KIRK  BALTZ played "Marvin Nash" in Quentin Tarantino's RESERVOIR DOGS, the  cop who gets trunk-napped by thugs, dragged in a warehouse and turned  into a bloody piñata... And here are a few selections from my podcast  interview where Kirk discusses a scene with Tim Roth and a story about  the legendary Lawrence Tierney…</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kirk Baltz</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you remember about the scene where you and “Mr. Orange,” played by Tim Roth, are alone in the warehouse?</span></span><br />
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The  main thing I remember about that scene was… There’s a great master  two-shot of Tim and I that’s from the other end of the warehouse, and  obviously the camera’s all the way down there and behind the camera is  the entire crew, maybe like thirty, forty people… I saw twenty-five,  thirty people at least… What it felt like was like Tim and I were in a  play... And we did the whole scene… we did a master… It was one of the  first shots of that whole ending sequence. It  was exciting for me because I’d done some other things; I’d done some  other films and certainly some television and this was a very exciting  moment for me.<br />
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And we finished one of those master takes… I think the  first one… And the whole crew just applauded, like we were at a play…  And it was incredibly exciting. And I remember that was a big moment for  me and like… you know… I had seen Tim in other things, I was a fan of  his work… And I was so excited to have the opportunity to do that much  work with him.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lawrence Tierney</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lawrence  Tierney, the veteran actor who played the boss, “Joe Cabot,” is known  for his backstage antics… Anything happen with Lawrence on or off set?</span></span><br />
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Yeah  there's one little one I got for ya: I’m sitting in my little trailer  in-between something we were doing… All of the sudden the door to my  trailer flies open, and he walks in and he’s undoing his zipper, and  he’s starting to pull his dick out – he didn’t quite get that far, he  was getting close. And he’s making a beeline for my bathroom; he kinda  looks around a little bit like, “Shit, this isn’t my trailer,” and then  he sees me sitting over there, reading a book: I’m  on my chair… And he looks around the room and he sees me sitting in…  for a moment what he thought was his room… And then he goes [using gruff  voice]: “Can I use your bathroom?” And I said, “Sure Lawrence, you can  use my bathroom.” He was a free spirit.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>From a 2010 interview with actor Michael Madsen, who played Mr. Blonde, the viciously cool thug who tortures poor Marvin Nash with a razor, some gasoline and a classic rock tune, providing Kirk with an intensely wonderful performance... Here Michael recalls working with Kirk Baltz for that pivotal scene... </i></b></span><br />
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<b><u>MICHAEL MADSEN</u> ON KIRK BALTZ:</b> He asked me to put him in the trunk of my car so he could see how it felt to be locked up. After he got in I drove around the neighborhood for a little while because I then realized it was a good idea for me also to get into character...<br />
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I don't think he appreciated it so I had to later remind him it was his idea. He was so good in that scene. Sometimes someone can be so good you don't even see it. He really sold it. He was very brave and that scene bound us together in cinema history.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The doomed POV of Officer Marvin Nash looking up at the devil dogs...</td></tr>
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chris penn, exploitation, gangster, interview, kirk baltz, lawrence tierney, michael madsen, nineties, quentin tarantino