Comments on: The Film Talk – Part 86 – Inglourious Basterds / Taking Woodstock

By: The Film Talk » Violence and Sentimentality in the Movies: A Dangerous Pair?

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:03:15 +0000

[...] attention. My starting point: Is there a qualitative difference between the violence of ‘Inglourious Basterds‘, ‘The Dirty Dozen’, ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Saving Private [...]

By: Violence and Sentimentality in the Movies: Which is More Dangerous? « god is not elsewhere / some conversation about movies, art, politics and spirituality with gareth higgins

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:01:56 +0000

[...] attention. My starting point: Is there a qualitative difference between the violence of ‘Inglourious Basterds‘, ‘The Dirty Dozen’, ‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘Saving Private [...]

By: The Film Talk » Oh 2012, What Is It About You That Makes Me Love You So?

The Film Talk » Oh 2012, What Is It About You That Makes Me Love You So? — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:25:23 +0000

[...] envisioning of a limousine getaway from a sinking California that I’m minded to paraphrase from another pic that understands itself well: this may just be Emmerich’s [...]

By: The Film Talk » The Movie of the Year 2009: Overtures

The Film Talk » The Movie of the Year 2009: Overtures — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:43:36 +0000

[...] the first half hour of ‘Inglourious Basterds’, which manages to invoke the memory of Lee van Cleef, the ‘Hills are Alive’ sequence in ‘The [...]

By: The Film Talk » The Film Talk Needs Your Support

The Film Talk » The Film Talk Needs Your Support — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:58:32 +0000

[...] of course, we’ve been thrilled by the varied delights of Quentin Tarantino’s moral philosophy, the late Heath Ledger’s Tom Waits impersonation, Francis Coppola’s shooting style, [...]

By: Judgement Day, Part 2 « god is not elsewhere / some conversation about movies, art, politics and spirituality with gareth higgins

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:35:58 +0000

[...] myth or the monsters in Grimm Fairy Tales. (For a postmodern twist, see the last sequence of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ for a vision of God-as-terror that leaves the audience in no doubt who’s in control. It’s [...]

By: The Film Talk » Less is More: Or How to Make Your Films More Interesting with the Help of the Easy Surreal

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:20:09 +0000

[...] up ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’ in interviews and we can see why. Look at ‘Inglourious Basterds’ – how much linking material is there in that pic? Is there any? Isn’t it just the raw [...]

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:21:55 +0000

I think you're exactly right Eric – interestingly while there are a ton of movies out there with 'video game consciousness', (the Crank pictures, District 9 etc.), Inglourious Basterds seems like the one that's a real interactive experience!'

By: Jett Loe

Jett Loe — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:21:55 +0000

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:02:02 +0000

Just listened to the show tonight, and I must say, bravo. You've put together a great show once again. I won't belabor the many points already articulated here but I would like to offer a couple of thoughts on the film. It has always struck me how gifted Tarantino has been at opening a dialogue with his audience. Most directors make movies about characters that interact with each other, stuff happens, and then it's over. Tarantino, on the other hand, utilizes almost every frame to communicate something specific to his audience thereby making us active participants. I noticed this quality in IB more so than in any of his previous efforts.

******Spoilers Ahoy!*******

Whether it's a scene that begins as a wide shot of a conversation that slowly pans 180 degrees until an actor is looking directly at us during a key moment in the dialogue, or it's Brad Pitt uttering the final words of the movie, "I think this might just be my masterpiece" speaking directly into the camera, Tarantino not only has a deep affinity for cinema, he has a genuine love for his audience.