There is no doubt that Tarantino is one of the most irreverent and controversial American filmmakers. That's why the positions of viewers and critics are often disparate. In some cases, they even provoke the rejection of their productions. I understand that it is not easy to assimilate their violence, which can sometimes be a little gratuitous. With Tarantino it happens, as with some other filmmakers, that beyond its character of action cinema, dynamic, what can make it "entertaining", his films are a constant homage to his favourite cinema (Italian western, thriller, war cinema, etc.), and in this sense a wink to the spectator and his skills.
Reservoir Dogs is a debut according to what will become his work and career, and hence its importance. With the limitation of not having been able to see his last two films, my preference remains for Pulp Fiction. Not so much because of its history, but because of the self-representative and metafictional game, with the incorporation of renewing elements in the cinematographic art.
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