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Jan 2022
1h 21m

‘Reservoir Dogs’ at 30 and the Legacy of...

The Ringer
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We're hopping in a time machine back to 1992. Why? It’s been 30 years since Quentin Tarantino’s debut film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival along with other movies from a memorable class of other filmmakers. Adam Nayman joins Sean to discuss 'Dogs' and what it means now and how some of those other films were remembered, or not.


Hosts: Sean Fennessey

Guest: Adam Nayman

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