The legend is that after the first week of shooting “Reservoir Dogs” Quentin Tarantino was so frustrated by working with actor Lawrence Tierney that he called Larry’s previous director Norman Mailer to ask for advice: Mailer: Is Larry challenging your authority as a director? QT: He is challenging the whole concept of filmmaking! Friday night the Cinematheque salutes the guy Eddie Muller calls “The meanest man in motion picture history!