I’ll have a bunch of music that’s in the spirit of the movie, all right? You know, rock songs or whatever. No, he lost weight for that part, actually. You know, he’s the only actor in the world I could think could really play Larry Tierney’s son. It’s like you don’t know if there is actually someone amongst them. Pink comes in and says, “There’s a rat, there’s a rat, there’s a rat,” and then Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn) comes in and says, “There is no rat!” And you kind of believe him too. You don’t know which direction it’s going to go.
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You know, it’s so fun seeing the movie this way without knowing anything. No, it would be better if you didn’t say that at all, because you don’t even know if these guys are freaking out and just paranoid. I think you can say that the traitor will be revealed. Because then you’re waiting for a surprise. And so even in the reviews they talk in code.īut in a way, even to say there’s a surprise ruins the surprise. But so far, they all realize how important that is. The American press will be coming out, and we’ll get the big onslaught when the reviews come out, and hopefully everything will be cool. And actually, I’ve been really fortunate. I haven’t written anything yet, and I was like, how do I even describe Roth? Basically as just the guy bleeding on the floor, I guess. As a matter of fact, I’d actually appreciate it if you wouldn’t mention that it’s a cop who is the traitor. Have you had a problem with anybody ruining that in a review? One of the things about the film, of course, is that it turns on a big surprise - who the undercover cop is. A little bit afterwards, but the fact that after that sequence I could get you to laugh again must be pretty cool. Pink,” and that happens after the torture sequence. Pink (Steve Buscemi) saying, “I don’t wanna be Mr. I mean, the fact that the biggest laughing scene in the movie is Mr. And then you are shell-shocked for a little bit, and then to get you to laugh again after that. All right? Like laugh, laugh, laugh, and then - BOOM! Knock you down. Not to stroke you too much, but we were laughing so hard. I watched it on video with another writer, and we had to stop it a bunch of times. The problem is, early on, from time to time, I’d show it to an audience, and they didn’t know they were supposed to laugh. In New York Magazine, they had a list of films coming out in October, listed as a black comedy, which I like, because I think it’s a funny movie. You get the sense that it’s a funny movie at the same time. And, you know, the humor is emphasized in the movie. QUENTIN TARANTINO: When I was in Cannes, the French journalists were getting it, but the American journalists wouldn’t bring up the humor, just “the violence, the violence…” In the trailer that I love, the humor is emphasized as well as the tough stuff. PAUL ZIMMERMAN: I was surprised so many people have missed the humor in the film. As a bonus, we’re also offering 5 free copies of “Virgin Noir.” To enter to win one click HERE. What follows is Zimmerman’s original 1992 interview with Tarantino that took place at Toronto’s Sutton Place hotel. READ MORE: ‘Lincoln,’ ‘Django Unchained’ Lead 2013 Golden Globe Nominations The shirt was later featured as part of Tarantino’s wardrobe for his role in “ Pulp Fiction.”
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After the issue came out, I talked with Miramax publicist Gina Gardenia, who said, “When Quentin got the Orbit issue you sent he was jumping around the Miramax offices like a little kid going, ‘Look, I got a cover! I got a cover!'” I sent Tarantino a gift package that included the next Orbit issue with the full ‘ Reservoir Dogs’ interviews and an Orbit T-shirt with “Orby,” the magazine’s cartoon mascot, on the front.