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Even though we know that the film TITLE refers to how, back when Tarantino worked as a video store clerk...

posted a year ago by TheMan18 (13052)
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... he recommended an acclaimed French film entitled "Au Revoir Les Enfants" (1987) and some customer heard it slightly wrongly and said "I don't want to see no reservoir dogs in it", I can't help but STILL wonder...

Within the context of all we see in this film, does the title "Reservoir Dogs" ACTUALLY have MEANING to it, and can it be deciphered even if it is a completely made up term to refer to someone as this and that BECAUSE of, and we can come to the conclusion that reservoir dogs actually DOES mean something?

Maybe along the lines of, say, criminals who got dropped off like dogs into the water (maybe 'reservoir' refers to that partially) due to a lack of trust between each other? Or...

What do you think, thanks.

[–] Heisenberg (6730) a year ago

If anything, only a moron would not mishear "Au Revoir Les Enfants"
as reservoir elephants.
So all this dog bullshit is just a lie Tarantino tried to spin as a myth, or it is taken from said moron.

Not to mentions, reservoir elephants is cooler.

[–] TheMan18 (13052) a year ago

I don't think you have to be particularly intelligent to "mishear" it as "Reservoir Elephants" either but then again no offense to that customer who has perhaps UNWITTINGLY helped Tarantino launch into the realm of film making. And we may not know the whole story but the main point here is...

What could ultimately be the secret meaning behind this film's title "Reservoir Dogs" besides Tarantino basing it on customer's mishearing of a French film title back in the late 80s when he worked there as a video store clerk?

[–] Stratego (30578) a year ago

Personally, I'm reminded of the empty reservoirs of the river dams in the Los Angeles area where street dogs might come together to fight for hierarchy and survival.

[–] moviechatterer (15787) a year ago

Thats what i pictured too, but only because my brain had to make something up , rather than any experienceof such