Reservoir Dogs · 1992 — 第 14 / 22 章 · 2'56" · B2

Joe Demands the Stolen Stones, Explained:the stones

When Joe arrives the warehouse is chaos: Orange is dying, Brown is dead, and the men are fighting over who set them up. Nobody can agree, and the only certainty anyone offers is 'I don't know, but somebody did.' Joe cuts through it all with one practical question.

あらすじ

Joe walks into a wrecked warehouse and demands to know what happened. He learns that Orange is dying, Brown is dead, and the crew is split over whether they were betrayed. After sorting through the fighting, Joe turns to the captured police officer and then asks the practical question on his mind.

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このシーンの表現

the stones

the diamonds

The line jerks the argument back to business: who is holding the diamonds?

The crew split the stones three ways after the job.

このシーンの他の表現

  • set up

    trick or frame someone

  • take care of

    arrange care or handle something

  • bluff

    pretend to be stronger than you are

  • pissed

    very angry

  • took one in the head

    was shot in the head

このシーンのメモ一覧

57 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2stop doing something

quit pretending

You better stop bluffing, pal.
表現 · A2hear me?

do you understand me

You hear me? Cause you're gonna fuckin' talk.
表現 · B1got someone

have caught a cop

- You're asking what's going on? - Hey, Nice Guy, we got a cop.
発音got a

Link got and a into one sound.

- You're asking what's going on? - Hey, Nice Guy, we got a cop.
文法 · B2if we don't get him taken care of

if-clause: The if-clause sets the condition that decides whether he lives.

No, he's not dead, but he will be if we don't get him taken care of.
表現 · B1set someone up

trick or frame someone

Mr White insists the ambush was no accident: the crew was deliberately framed.

We were set up. The cops were there waiting for us.
スラング · B2Bullshit

nonsense — Crude dismissal; not for formal use.

- The cops were waiting for us, man! - Bullshit.
表現 · B2stake a place out

watch a place secretly

Fuck you, man. You weren't there. The cops had that store staked out.
表現 · B2what someone has been asking

the very thing we keep asking

What the hell do you think we've been asking?
表現 · B1turn something into something

transform one thing into another

You fuckin' idiots turn a jewellery store into a Wild West show, - and you wonder why the cops show up? - Don't call me an idiot!
文法 · B2why the cops show up

embedded question: An embedded question after wonder, kept in statement order.

You fuckin' idiots turn a jewellery store into a Wild West show, - and you wonder why the cops show up? - Don't call me an idiot!
表現 · B1haven't talked to someone

have not spoken to him

I don't know. I ain't talked to him.
スラング · A2ain't

nonstandard for haven't — Street speech; keep it out of writing.

I don't know. I ain't talked to him.
表現 · A2talk to someone

speak with someone

I talked to Dove. He said Daddy's coming down here and he's fuckin' pissed!
スラング · B1pissed

very angry — Common in US speech; write angry in formal text.

I talked to Dove. He said Daddy's coming down here and he's fuckin' pissed!
表現 · A2what happened to someone

what became of someone

Now, what happened to Brown and Blue?
表現 · B1not know about someone

have no news about someone

Brown's dead. We don't know about Blue.
表現 · B2take one in the head

was shot in the head

Asked how Brown died, Mr White answers flatly that he was shot in the head.

He took one in the head.
表現 · B1have a clue

have any idea

Nobody's got a clue what happened to Mr Blue?
文法 · B2he's alive or he's dead

either-or: Either ... or ... lays out the alternatives side by side.

Either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him...or they don't.
発音he's alive

Link he's alive; pause lightly before or.

Either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him...or they don't.
スラング · B2prick

a nasty man — A crude insult; do not use it.

If you fuckin' beat this prick long enough, he'll tell you he started the Chicago Fire.
表現 · B2who's got the stones

the diamonds

The line jerks the argument back to business: who is holding the diamonds?

All right, first things fuckin' last. Who's got the stones?
スラング · B2stones

diamonds — Heist slang for diamonds, only in context.

All right, first things fuckin' last. Who's got the stones?
表現 · B1for someone's sake

as a favour to me

Please, somebody at least tell me one little fuckin' favour just for my sake.
発音stashed it

Stashed it links, with the t almost dropped.

I stashed it till I could be sure this place wasn't a police station.
表現 · A2go get something

go and fetch it

Good for you. Now, let's go get it.

「Joe Demands the Stolen Stones」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the crew at its most fractured, and Joe's arrival only sharpens it. Everyone has a version of the disaster: they were 'set up,' the cops were waiting, or nobody betrayed anyone at all. Joe has no patience for the argument, and he is more interested in facts than blame. His one exchange about the prisoner says everything — beat a man long enough and he will confess to anything, even the Chicago Fire — so torture is useless as evidence. What he actually cares about is the money, and he names it in the plainest terms: the stones. The crew can argue forever about loyalty, but the missing diamonds are a question with an answer, and getting that answer is the only thing Joe trusts. It is a small moment that shows how the whole enterprise works: loyalty is talk, but the take is real.

Theme

BetrayalThe crew cannot agree on who betrayed them, and the argument itself becomes the scene.
MoneyJoe cuts through the fighting to ask where the stolen diamonds are, the one thing he really cares about.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A heist crew turns on itself the moment fear takes over.
  • Beating a suspect proves nothing, and White says so.
  • Bad news arrives in order of severity, not importance.
  • One blunt question restores a scene's lost focus.

発音のポイント

  • got a — Link got and a into one sound.
  • he's alive — Link he's alive; pause lightly before or.
  • stashed it — Stashed it links, with the t almost dropped.
No, he's not dead, but he will be if we don't get him taken care of.

A blunt report on Orange's condition: he is alive for now, but will die without treatment.

Maybe he can tell us who the fuck set us up.

The hope behind beating the captured officer: he might name whoever betrayed the job.

If you fuckin' beat this prick long enough, he'll tell you he started the Chicago Fire.

Joe's warning that torture produces any answer you want, true or not.

All right, first things fuckin' last. Who's got the stones?

Joe cutting off the argument to ask the practical question: who has the stolen diamonds?

このシーンについての質問

Who is the man they are beating?

A police officer they captured, who they hope can tell them who set up the robbery.

Why does Joe say torture is useless?

He argues that if you beat a man long enough he will confess to anything, even starting the Chicago Fire, so the confession proves nothing.

What does Joe ask about at the end?

He asks who has the stones — the stolen diamonds — because recovering the money is what matters most to him.

Why does the crew think they were set up?

The police were already waiting at the store, which suggests someone inside passed on information about the job.

What happened to Brown and Blue?

Brown is dead after being shot in the head, and nobody knows what happened to Mr Blue.

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