Reservoir Dogs (1992) and the DIVX video disc format (1998)

Film Stories with Simon Brew

Simon Brew

Tv & Film, Film History

4.9 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

A lot of the story of Quentin Tarantino's debut movie, Reservoir Dogs, is very well known. The tale of a man working in a video store writing scripts, and becoming Hollywood's hottest filmmaker in a matter of years. But still: there are also tales of sticky blood. Of casting fly-bys. And of a ban that actually was nothing of the sort. The second film story in this episode? The DIVX disc, a format that launched pretty much alongside DVD, with Disney, Fox, Paramount and Universal all backing it. So what happened, and why did it end up being listed as one of the worst consumer product launches of all time? Tales are told in this very episode... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.2	editor of Film Stories magazine and a very warm welcome to the Film Stories podcast. Don't forget, if you really like this podcast,
0:56.0	I've got a Patreon as well you can donate to.
0:59.2	Uh-uh, I don't tip.
1:00.3	Come with me.
1:02.5	And I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.
1:05.8	And movies.
1:06.9	Movies that have stories.
1:08.7	That the story just sucks a man.
1:11.1	This is just the beginning.
1:13.7	We would be honoured if you would join us.
1:20.4	Hello and a very warm welcome to Film Stories with Simon Brew.
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