Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Could you believe Mr. Blonde?

A scene from Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" where we see Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) and Mr. White (Harvey Keitel) are discussing Mr. Blonde's (Michael Madsen) madness.
Сцена из фильма Квентина Тарантино "Бешеные псы", в которой Мистер Розовый (Стив Бушеми) и Мистер Белый (Харви Кейтель) обсуждают безумие Мистера Блондина (Майкл Мэдсен).
#mrpink #mrwhite #reservoirdogs #stevebuscemi #harveykeitel #tarantino

[@BlazingOwnager]

I love the little detail of "Everybody panics, you know, you deal with it.." then he loads his gun and the sound makes Mr White panic for a second.

[@olaoluwaafolayan6554]

Wow! Never noticed that before lol!

[@michaelblaine6494]

I’ve wondered for years if that was in the script or was it improv. After it happens you see White keep his eye on Pink though the mirror. You’re the only other person who noticed that,whenever I bring it up I get the same reaction as the other guy in this thread

[@tiaaaron3278]

​@@michaelblaine6494It's quite hard to say what is improvised and what wasn't since a lot of the details changed from the script to the movie. Like in the script, it's Mr. White who doesn't tip and it's Mr. Pink who rambles about Madonna. I suppose only Tarantino and the rest of the cast and crew can tell us what was truly improvised and what Tarantino decided to change that particular day. Like the dance scene.

[@janettelanuiki]

“Any real people”? “No. Just cops”

[@ict113090]

You can throw this movie into the "Films that would never get made today." catalog.

[@justyouraverageblackstar3672]

It’s indicative of Pink’s ideology imo. There’s the cops, who enforce the system, the criminals who exist to defy the system, and the “real people” who are mixed somewhere in between.

[@Xpwnxage]

​@@ict113090You guys say that but when you're dealing with criminals, you can write any dialogue you want because it's coming from criminals. Racism, sexism anti cop rhetoric, etc.

[@JeroenZM]

This whole 'movies like these can't be made today' narrative is really tired. There's more insane shit than there ever was. Stuff like Cocaine Bear or a Winnie the Pooh slasher flick.

[@tiaaaron3278]

​@@XpwnxageRight. And everyone's a basterd in Reservoir Dogs except for Mr. Orange.

[@realasadoughnut]

Turns out Pink was the most professional, was right about everything, stuck to the rules, and made it out with some diamonds.

[@peternieves7764]

He got caught, u can hear him screaming at the cops when orange is telling white he is a cop

[@realasadoughnut]

@@peternieves7764 I hear you, and yes I've heard that part as I have watched this movie a billion times , but does that mean he was caught? ....guess we'll never know.

[@Jarzyn44]

Eddie was even more professional but he trusted in his father too much.

[@gregbearne2195]

Yes of course. I agree with your but yeah. Duh

[@50blessings13]

You’ve said this on multiple reservoir dogs

[@supertuesday600]

Steve is one natural actor. One of the best of his generation.

[@Myfavoritecuties]

His face from the shootout looked like he was hesitant to kill, but he had no choice at all

[@bananatiergod]

Dude's seriously underrated. He never gets enough chances to prove how talented he can really be.

[@masterzombie161]

Check out Boardwalk empire, an absolute masterpiece.

[@ict113090]

He's done it all. Serious, silly, sinister, stupid and scary. When Christopher Nolan was doing Batman movies in the 2000's I was adamant about Steve Buscemi being cast for The Riddler

[@thorjelly]

I love how Mr. Pink latched onto the word "professional" later on in the film. Some subtle character psychology you only get from great writers.

[@jamesbarnes9103]

I like when they are ranting on about”panic” how Mr White trips out when Mr. Pink racks his pistol! No honor amongst thieves

[@christinasavannah7992]

He is on Edge....doesnt matter how calm you are on the outside you have triggers

[@Syrus2006]

Fr. You hear a gun click and you check where the fuck that noise came from. Shit would make me near jump.

[@michaelotis223]

When a mofo pulls the strap out, you best grow eyes at the back of your head!!

[@ThePartisan13]

Let's see how fuckin calm you are if you hear a pistol rack from behind you.

[@BlazingOwnager]

Except I don't know, there's actually a surprising amount of honor in these characters. While it makes White jump understandably, it's only for a second, and he's content to turn his back on Mr. Pink after that.

[@vordman]

Two superb actors. It doesn't even feel like they're acting they're so good.

[@WhiteSilverback]

“ You can’t work with a Psychopath , You don’t know what Them Sick assholes are gonna do next “ 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Kietel funny as fuck , a Mans Man

[@nathanslay6342]

Reservoir Dogs is such an electrifying film, from opening scene to the closing scene. This is, for my money, one of Tarantino’s masterpieces. This remains one of the best crime movies I’ve ever seen and my personal second favorite Tarantino film!

[@madface669]

I don't even think it's possible for me to rank his films. I have seen them countless times over and over . Except few that I only watched few times

[@nathanslay6342]

@@madface669 what are your favorite ones??

[@madface669]

@@nathanslay6342 Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Bastards, Django, Hateful 8. I think that Once upon a time and Jackie Brown are great films but they are not even near as good as the others

[@tikrit3160]

@@nathanslay6342 Inglorious Basterds is objectively his best movie

[@laurendaley8347]

​@@nathanslay6342my personal favorites are Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, and possibly my favorite...Inglorious Basterds. I love them all though.

[@LucaNs95]

"Klld a couple of cops" "No real people?" "Just cops" underrated line

[@brianmerritt5410]

not

[@mathEspinoza916]

He meant no civilians

[@LucaNs95]

@@mathEspinoza916 nah, they meant cops aren't real people

[@TheYankeesUnited]

No real people. Damn so cold and badass lol

[@Adarkane325xi]

This movie is Shakespearian. All the action is depicted off-camera. It’s mainly great actors with great dialogue, just chewing scenery.

[@vingasoline5068]

This has to be my favorite Tarantino movie bc it feels like a Mamet play with guns. The dialogue is so damn good it singlehandedly made me want to write and direct my own movies

[@Myfavoritecuties]

“I’m a f**king professional! I don’t kill people whenever I want to, I kill them when I need to!”

[@theozlander4629]

As wrong as it is, there is a very big difference between the psychology of someone who will kill if necessary but derives no pleasure from it, as opposed to someone like Mr Blonde who actually enjoys hurting people for the sake of hurting them. And the former is someone you have much better odds of surviving an encounter with as long as you don't do anything dumb like play the hero.

[@ThePartisan13]

Exactly, now you're getting it

[@usnishdey1186]

Is this quote in the movie? Kindly tell me

[@seanlivingston8789]

Just noticed the little pained grunt he does at 0:17 and how he picks the chair up with little grunts and groans because he's sore from being run over now that the adrenaline has worn off and he can actually feel the injury.

[@EvilApple567]

2:50 "stayin here man we should have our fuckin heads examined" This whole movie is just foreshadowing lol

[@hellomate2405]

Anybody else noticed, How Mr. White first lights the cigarette for Mr. Pink and then doesn't light his cigarette. He cleans up, combs his hair and then finally lights his cigarette. Pretty neat detail for his character.

[@brothajack1993]

Steve is 10/10. And Harvey amazing

[@madtrips9349]

White an pink shoulda split the cut an dipped

[@kingkhan2894]

Should have killed mr orange too

[@callmedorian]

Joe would have tracked them down and killed them. Besides Larry (Mr. White) would never betray Joe, neither would Mr. Pink. They got too much history

[@wannabeskateboards]

At least Mr. Pink got away! 💎

[@marvinkem3201]

@@callmedorian Did Mr Pinkm have history too?

[@CaptainTrips560]

@@marvinkem3201 “I’ve known Joe since I was a kid” he said

[@frozenlake1215]

Along the wall are jugs of chemicals: orange, white and pink. The white is inbetween the other two colors. Which is to say, Mr. White is caught between sticking to the job w/ Mr. Pink, and sticking around to help his friend, Mr. Orange.

[@thorjelly]

More significant is that pink and white are together and orange is away from them. It's clever foreshadowing.

[@valdie91285]

That's a stretch

[@tic4f]

this is the best scenario and writings ever...just like 10 or 15 scenes and a whole film!! those actors are realllly great!

[@majeedtaouk3038]

As much as I love pulp fiction for it’s insane plot and dialogue, I still consider this the best work of Quentin. Till this day and onward it always draws me in and has my full attention

[@jazzyjazz3707]

Thats a badass gun what kinda piece is that

[@bloodieddeadman6.1.65]

Looks like a smith&wesson 659

[@descartes_8696]

I like the foreshadowing in this scene. The cleaning bottles in the back. They’re white and pink, clumped together. The orange bottles are spaced apart, meaning they don’t belong. This can’t be a coincidence

[@Humble-iq5ue]

Woah! 😮

[@peterdarker1]

I'm sure it isn't....and after having watched this movie more times than I can count in the 30 years since it was released, I never noticed that...damn good eye, bruh

[@qsprimalaccuracy9709]

Like oranges in "The Godfather" saga.

[@Chuck-Morris3]

That's a fantastic observation

[@cnote2458]

To be fair to Mr Blonde he doesn't like alarms.

[@lucyhowarth1193]

Haha but Freddy is a real person to Larry he was smitten with him from day one and i think Freddy genuinely ended up caring for Larry. Maybe Larry would of forgiven Freddy if he fessed up before the heist

[@Myfavoritecuties]

He would care that Freddy did him a favor by taking out Blonde when necessary

[@ninaa4192]

"Smitten" ain't the right word but nah White definitely took on a mentor/paternal role for Freddie. Overall he was the most emotional of the crew, and by the end of the film that came back round and bit him in the ass.

[@nlp3625]

"Smitten" Is a bit odd word 😬

[@casey1667]

"Smitten" is the perfect word af 👌 I'm glad you're actually smart to see the gay subtext that Tarantino love and 100% used in the entire movie and specially in them.

[@jeffgachihi8225]

1:30 - Given that I am a lawyer, I *wholeheartedly* disagree with Mr. White...

[@salimtessa8789]

-I killed a few cops -No real people? -Just cops 😂😂😂😂

[@Thegamer89Bond]

The type of person who does not like alarms and starts killing people is Mr. Blonde himself!

[@lukeatbrandynightful]

I think Mr pink asks if he killed anyone because he’s super careful and thinks anyone could be the snitch, when he hears mr white killed a few cops he knows he ain’t the snitch

[@TBM1121]

I think Pink knows who the snitch is.........LMAO

[@krisscanlon4051]

White got freaked out by Pink loaded gun...he reacted...you never see the crime.

[@kevinsun3244]

You can see here that Pink looks up to Blonde in some way. He realizes that Blonde is an old man in a young man's game and there's a reason he's been around all this time which leads to him telling Blonde about the diamonds. However we can also clearly see that age has softened him up and affected his decision making. He might also have a wife and kids which will have profound affects on his moral compass. I think if he had been in his 20s or 30s Blonde would've just left Orange to die and got the diamonds with Pink.

[@JayRamahi3810]

Blonde or White? Blonde was the psychopath

[@wellitried6627]

and he is also a man of war, so the whole situation with mr. orange triggers some of his memories (the info i found in the internet)

[@laurendaley8347]

The older man is Mr. White.

[@one7decimal2eight]

Look at the counter. The pink and white soap bottles are next to each other and the orange one is further away.

[@erakillah5012]

I love that movie

[@SilviaJimenezRubio]

I still don't know what happened to Mr. Blue

[@mariumrajah]

1:13I remember that sound in the Cinema 1990 UK 🇬🇧 Bad ass movie

[@j-5087]

Nobody would have gotten away if blonde didn't start shooting

[@DonFelixGallardo]

Haven’t seen this film for a while but my head just went 🤯. You make an excellent point

[@R1ch4d8]

Visual clue that Mr. Orange is the rat. The jugs of white and pink liquid in the background are close together, where the jugs of orange stuff are separate from them. Orange doesn't belong with white and pink.

[@lachlottfaclott]

All of tarantino films are sample worthy masterpieces! This one especially.This convo has so much intro potential 🎶 🎵

[@reef36]

“I ain’t got the foggiest” 😂😂😂

[@pugchesh]

When the paranoia kicks in this movie gets amazing.

[@EduardAndresk]

1:15 suicide nation - At The Gates

[@deagle2yadome696]

i’ve never understood what HK is doing with his lighter at 2:08

[@vegashainning8071]

Hilarious 3rd fav scene. No wait lol😊

[@danialanderson-ll9hc]

I mean if Mr, White and Mr Blonde even left at any time they were FKD

[@zerodreaming]

White and Nice Guy Eddie do leave though, and come back.

[@danialanderson-ll9hc]

@@zerodreaming You're missing the point,the warehouse was under survailance waiting for Joe to turn up.They were screwed either way,because Mr.Orange had sold them out,I know what you're saying but could have saved that rookie cop but they decided to wait for Joe which to me is scummy

[@Hank..]

This is a weird scene, and it always kinda bothered me. I'm pretty sure they screwed this up somehow, because it sounds like they're both playing the other's character, like as if Keitel is Pink and Buscemi is White, at least for the first part of the scene. For example: Keitel says he was considering taking Blonde out, and then later in the movie, that line is attributed to Pink.

[@samtemdo8]

Continuity errors like that sometimes slip into the final result.

[@JnEricsonx]

@@samtemdo8 One would think the words continiuity error and QT dont go in the same film.

[@samtemdo8]

@@JnEricsonx What's QT?

[@JnEricsonx]

@@samtemdo8 short for Quentin Tarantino.

[@samtemdo8]

@@JnEricsonx In regards to the original comment. Even other great director ca n make continuity errors. Steven Spielberg did one in Jurassic Park, the scene with the Raptor Egg hatching.

[@fighterx9840]

1:40 I would have to assume that the girl that Mr. White was talking about was most likely an employee at the place they were robbing and I think out of sheer panic, she set off the alarm before Mr. Blonde turned her to swiss cheese. Or maybe she was one of the customers and ran for the alarm before the same result happened. Also when Mr. White said that Mr. Orange took a bullet and said that he's no rat, I get that Mr. White cares about Mr. Orange. But taking a gut shot shouldn't mean anything since, as Mr. Pink said, there was a rat. They shouldn't rule out any possibilities, because as far as anyone was concerned, all the robbers had to have been suspects of being a rat.

[@JeroenZM]

Taking a bullet AND taking out Mr Blonde, who White already despised, earned him his loyalty. White is old school like that. The rest of the robbers were complete strangers to him

[@ka-boom2083]

2:12

[@MrHotguy034]

wow 10 years for doing this? now you get 10 years for J walking, lol

[@gladiatorfingertips9564]

Herman Munster.

[@johndawhale3197]

"What the phhhhhuck was Joe thinkin'..."

[@eddievenuto1862]

I never understood the movie. I know Steve character gets away clean in the end

[@zerodreaming]

Nope

[@ka-boom2083]

1:54

[@1ColdFuture]

----------0:25

[@janettelanuiki]

Damnit Quintin! Why couldn’t you have filmed the robbery!!!

[@hellomate2405]

You're not familiar with Tarantinos work. It's not like he couldn't film the robbery, he chose not to, so that the Audience gets an idea of the scene and how things unfolded

[@bigman2890]

@@hellomate2405 I always wonder what happened to Mr Blue, if he did die how would joe even know

[@hellomate2405]

@@bigman2890 that's the beauty, infinite possibilities according to your imagination, while the characters are talking about the robbery youre imagining it. Same thing like reading a book but visually in a film.

[@teatricekiddo8994]

The game could tell you what unfolded with Mr. Blue let's just say he went out in a Blaze

[@JeroenZM]

The movie is structured like a non-linear puzzle and it also helps you to emphasize with the characters, since they don't have the full picture either

[@pvcfetishman6171]

what a fucking classic scene this is

[@tommythetrain1945]

Steve was the only thing that got me through 40 minutes of this movie. Turned it off and watched delicatessen instead... waaaay more up my road

[@DoctorVolatile]

1:01 "I came this close (🤏) to taking his ass out myself..."

[@MM-ql9xj]

(clapping) My fuckin’ HERO…

[@JnEricsonx]

And yet they say later that it was PINK who had that thought. Um...what.

[@DonFelixGallardo]

Are you gonna bark all day little doggy? Or you gonna bite? 🐕