If you only remember one moment from Reservoir Dogs - or from Tarantinos oeuvre - its probably the torture scene set to Stuck In The Middle With You by Stealers Wheel. Prior to this, Mr Blondes antics have occurred offscreen, but Mr White (Harvey Keitel) and Mr Pink (Steve Buscemi) fill us in - Blondes a madman, they say, a psychopath who went berserk during the heist and started shooting people at random. When were reintroduced to the character, its in the most inauspicious way possible: the camera pulls back and there he is, saying nothing while White and Pink point guns at each other (he gets one of the best lines later on, though: Are you gonna bark all day, little doggy, or are you gonna bite?) His big moment comes when hes left alone with an LAPD officer. Turning on K-Billy's Super Sounds Of The 70s Weekend, he says, I dont give a good f**k what you know or dont know. Im gonna torture you anyway, regardless. Not to get information. Its amusing for me to torture a cop. Any more despicable Tarantino characters that were missed? Share them down in the comments.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
