It's not to say it makes his films bad, however, it leaves his films, particularly RD, with moments that fall a bit flat as they over-reference to the degree that they become generic.
I see that more with Kill Bill than with Resevoir Dogs. Can you provide an example from the latter?
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Hmm. I want to say the stand-off between Keitel and Buscemi, but I can't remember exactly what I was thinking of and can only come up with
Le samourai. I mean, the whole film reminds me of
The Killing, at least to a point. There's a lot of
Rififi there as well, but I would have to sit down with it to do any better at this moment.