Diamond Dogs

Donnie Darko was 2nd and last year's surprise hit Sideways made the top ten, but Quentin Tarantino's 1992 crime caper, the seminal Reservoir Dogs, has been deemed The greatest independent movie ever! The list, comprised by Empire Online, remembers and applauds the 50 best films that blinkered studio execs wouldn't touch with a bargepole, and, without the gods of fate smiling down on them, might never have been made at all! These days serious cinephiles are more likely to look to the likes of Sundance and the Venice film festival for their kicks, thanks in large to the tenacity, vision and genius of the many film-makers involved in these and many more "independent" films. Interesting to note the trends that developed after a lot of these films became successes in the studio output that followed - most of these great films have been copied but, arguably, never bettered. As for Dogs, well, I haven't seen it for quite a few years, but there is no denying its impact on 90s pop culture: so many memorable scenes, moments, lines of dialogue, the music, even the costumes are indisposable! Undeniably it is a five star film any day of the week and has reminded me that there is a Mr Pink size hole in my DVD collection where it should have been for years. I'm off to amend that right now. Take a look at the rest of the 50 by clicking the title above. Kx