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To me, not showing the heist was an accidental stroke of genius. It really makes the film so laser-focused on the characters, and lets you build up in your head what actually transpired. Like, they actually showed the heist in the PS2 Reservoir Dogs game, and if I feel like if those events were actually in the film it would've been a far weaker movie overall, because it was just a bog-standard affair. Dogs' non-linear storytelling just drives it home even further for me, because it almost feels like you're an investigator piecing together evidence as you're watching.

I love the use of music in the film too - Tarantino picks out music like he's making a musical. "Stuck in the Middle With You" is perfectly apt for example; and the radio DJ just adds this neat texture that both adds to the film's atmosphere and sort of breaks up the film in nice chunks.