14218. “RESERVOIR DOGS” - A FILM BY QUENTIN TARANTINO. This paper provides a favorable critique and analysis of the gangster film directed and written by Tarantino (who also stars in the film). Discusses his brilliance at successfully jumbling together post-modernist and traditionalist approaches in a film which initially appears wholly post-modern. Includes a discusses of Tarantino’s use of popular music from the 1970s in the soundtrack. KEYWORDS: Tarantino postmodern film noir black comedy gangsters. 8 pages, 0 footnotes, 0 bibliographic sources.