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

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September 15, 2025 • 75 mins

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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