イングロリアス・バスターズ [DVD]
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フォーマット | ワイドスクリーン, ドルビー |
コントリビュータ | マイク・マイヤーズ, ブラッド・ピット, クリストフ・ヴァルツ, イーライ・ロス, ダイアン・クルーガー, クエンティン・タランティーノ, メラニー・ロラン |
言語 | 日本語, 英語 |
稼働時間 | 2 時間 33 分 |
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- アスペクト比 : 2.35:1
- メーカーにより製造中止になりました : いいえ
- 言語 : 日本語, 英語
- 製品サイズ : 30 x 10 x 20 cm; 83.16 g
- EAN : 4988102906436
- 監督 : クエンティン・タランティーノ
- メディア形式 : ワイドスクリーン, ドルビー
- 時間 : 2 時間 33 分
- 発売日 : 2010/12/22
- 出演 : ブラッド・ピット, メラニー・ロラン, ダイアン・クルーガー, マイク・マイヤーズ, クリストフ・ヴァルツ
- 字幕: : 日本語, 英語
- 販売元 : ジェネオン・ユニバーサル
- ASIN : B004773B9O
- ディスク枚数 : 1
- Amazon 売れ筋ランキング: - 112,405位DVD (DVDの売れ筋ランキングを見る)
- - 828位外国の戦争映画
- - 8,774位外国のアクション映画
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レビューのフィルタリング中に問題が発生しました。後でもう一度試してください。
2024年3月2日に日本でレビュー済み
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ブラッドは、どんな役でも本当に上手くこなせる俳優です。とても素敵です。面白いです。
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タランティーノ作品だなぁ〜、裏切らないなぁ〜という面白さ。
ブラピ率いるバスターズの個性が濃くていい!
ヒリヒリするシーンも何度かあり見応えがある。
戦争モノが苦手な人でも楽しめるかもしれない良作だと思います。
ブラピ率いるバスターズの個性が濃くていい!
ヒリヒリするシーンも何度かあり見応えがある。
戦争モノが苦手な人でも楽しめるかもしれない良作だと思います。
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2009年ワインスタイン(北米)とユニバーサル(その他)の配給で公開されました。予算7千万㌦、収入3億2千2百万㌦だそうです。原題のスペル(Inglourious)は「名誉が無いわけではない」の意味のようで、あるホロコースト(Holocaust)をきっかけに予期せぬ出来事(consequences)が連鎖(sequence)します。全5章オムニバスです。発端は1941年夏、酪農家ピエール・ラパディト(D.メノシェ)の家に親衛隊保安部(SD)のランダ大佐(C.ウォルツ)がやってきて…です。あらすじは省略して、背景/トリビアを6点ほど補足します。
1.冒頭BGMはThe Green Leaves of Summerです。アラモ籠城戦(Battle of the Alamo, 1836)は捕虜をとらなかったそうです。フユナラ(Quercus petraea)の切株に斧(2’16”)は萌芽更新(カーパシング、coppicing)です。(Regeneration / Silviculture) 家族のフランス語(Langues d'oïl)はナンシー方言(Nancéien)だそうで、家はムルト・エ・モゼル県(Meurthe-et-Moselle)です。(Résumé détaillé / Inglourious Basterds; Variations / Lorrain language)
2.降伏条約(Armistice of 22 June 1940)により、停戦ラインの北はドイツ(Nazi Germany)の占領地(Zone occupée)になります。東部から避難した人は土地を没収されたそうです。(Zone interdite) 軍政は国家保安本部(RSHA)の恐怖支配だったようで、2千5百万の住民に占領経費を負担させたそうです。(Civilians / German military administration in occupied France during World War II; Reich Security Main Office) RSHA第4局(ゲシュタポ, Gestapo)は暗殺(夜と霧)も行ったそうです。(Nacht und Nebel; Operations in Nazi-occupied territories / Gestapo; Carlingue)
3.条約に反ユダヤ(anti-Semitism)の文言はなかったそうですが、フランスはユダヤ系住民(1940年33万人)の移送に協力したそうです。(Background / The Holocaust in France; State responsibility for the roundup of Jews / Jacques Chirac) ゲシュタポは少なくとも75,721人を移送したそうです。(Timeline of deportations of French Jews to death camps; Drancy internment camp; World War II and the Holocaust / History of the Jews in France) 「国家の敵」(18'16", enemies of the state)は1933年の反ユダヤ法です。(Malicious Practices Act / Law of Nazi Germany)
4.ドイツはイギリスの抗戦を理由に180万のフランス人捕虜を徴用(Prisoners of war of Germany / French prisoners of war in World War II)したほか、不当な為替レートを強要したので、レジスタンスが拡大したそうです。(Nazi occupation / French Resistance) SD(ズシャハイツディンスト, Sicherheitsdienst)はRSHAの保安部門というだけでなく、たとえば東部戦線(Eastern Front)でスパイ狩り名目のホロコースト(アインザッツグルッペン, Einsatzgruppen)を大々的に実行したそうです。大戦末期にはOSS(Office of Strategic Services)と裏取引したそうです。(Peace negotiations and capture / Walter Schellenberg) ドイツ軍も、たとえば第6軍司令官が1941年住民虐殺を命じたり(Severity Order)、42年最高司令部(OKW)が連合軍コマンドの処刑を命じるなど(Commando Order)、戦争犯罪に与したそうです。(Reprisals and the Holocaust / War crimes of the Wehrmacht; Hitler Oath) レイン中尉(B.ピット)の義憤は南部人の気質を表しているようです。(Southern United States / Feud)
5.ハマースマルク(D.クルーガー)が会合場所(1h6’37”, 1h9’23”, tavern)で興じたのは「Who Am I?」です。(Who Am I? Game Questions and Rules / Group Games 101) ヴィルヘルム上級兵曹(Oberfeldwebel, A.ファーリング, 1h16’53”)は2級鉄十字章(Iron Cross 2nd Class)のリボンと突撃戦功章(Infantry Assault Badge)を、正解の兵長(Gefreiter, 1h12’22”)は同戦功章と東部戦線冬季従軍章(Eastern Medal)のリボンを着けている歴戦の歩兵です。(War decorations: 1939–1945 / Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany; Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)) ヒコックス中尉(M.ファスベンダー)の発音が物議を醸すセリフは、以下サイトで確認できます。(Inglorious Basterds - German Script Request / RhinoSpike)
6.血讐(Goel)の伏線は、①ショシャナ(M.ロラン)はランダに顔を見られず、②モンディーノ(J.ドレイファス)やヘルシュトローム少佐(A.ディール)にパリジェンヌ(Parisienne)と思われ、③ランダが名前(ショシャナ)をど忘れした(1h0’27”)、などです。なお、サントラ「Rabbia e Tarantella」は激情(rage)とタランテッラ(南イタリア舞踊)の意味で、6/8拍子が12/8拍子にテンポアップするなどコンシークエンスを伴うそうです。監督(Tarantino)と作風にかけたようです。
1.冒頭BGMはThe Green Leaves of Summerです。アラモ籠城戦(Battle of the Alamo, 1836)は捕虜をとらなかったそうです。フユナラ(Quercus petraea)の切株に斧(2’16”)は萌芽更新(カーパシング、coppicing)です。(Regeneration / Silviculture) 家族のフランス語(Langues d'oïl)はナンシー方言(Nancéien)だそうで、家はムルト・エ・モゼル県(Meurthe-et-Moselle)です。(Résumé détaillé / Inglourious Basterds; Variations / Lorrain language)
2.降伏条約(Armistice of 22 June 1940)により、停戦ラインの北はドイツ(Nazi Germany)の占領地(Zone occupée)になります。東部から避難した人は土地を没収されたそうです。(Zone interdite) 軍政は国家保安本部(RSHA)の恐怖支配だったようで、2千5百万の住民に占領経費を負担させたそうです。(Civilians / German military administration in occupied France during World War II; Reich Security Main Office) RSHA第4局(ゲシュタポ, Gestapo)は暗殺(夜と霧)も行ったそうです。(Nacht und Nebel; Operations in Nazi-occupied territories / Gestapo; Carlingue)
3.条約に反ユダヤ(anti-Semitism)の文言はなかったそうですが、フランスはユダヤ系住民(1940年33万人)の移送に協力したそうです。(Background / The Holocaust in France; State responsibility for the roundup of Jews / Jacques Chirac) ゲシュタポは少なくとも75,721人を移送したそうです。(Timeline of deportations of French Jews to death camps; Drancy internment camp; World War II and the Holocaust / History of the Jews in France) 「国家の敵」(18'16", enemies of the state)は1933年の反ユダヤ法です。(Malicious Practices Act / Law of Nazi Germany)
4.ドイツはイギリスの抗戦を理由に180万のフランス人捕虜を徴用(Prisoners of war of Germany / French prisoners of war in World War II)したほか、不当な為替レートを強要したので、レジスタンスが拡大したそうです。(Nazi occupation / French Resistance) SD(ズシャハイツディンスト, Sicherheitsdienst)はRSHAの保安部門というだけでなく、たとえば東部戦線(Eastern Front)でスパイ狩り名目のホロコースト(アインザッツグルッペン, Einsatzgruppen)を大々的に実行したそうです。大戦末期にはOSS(Office of Strategic Services)と裏取引したそうです。(Peace negotiations and capture / Walter Schellenberg) ドイツ軍も、たとえば第6軍司令官が1941年住民虐殺を命じたり(Severity Order)、42年最高司令部(OKW)が連合軍コマンドの処刑を命じるなど(Commando Order)、戦争犯罪に与したそうです。(Reprisals and the Holocaust / War crimes of the Wehrmacht; Hitler Oath) レイン中尉(B.ピット)の義憤は南部人の気質を表しているようです。(Southern United States / Feud)
5.ハマースマルク(D.クルーガー)が会合場所(1h6’37”, 1h9’23”, tavern)で興じたのは「Who Am I?」です。(Who Am I? Game Questions and Rules / Group Games 101) ヴィルヘルム上級兵曹(Oberfeldwebel, A.ファーリング, 1h16’53”)は2級鉄十字章(Iron Cross 2nd Class)のリボンと突撃戦功章(Infantry Assault Badge)を、正解の兵長(Gefreiter, 1h12’22”)は同戦功章と東部戦線冬季従軍章(Eastern Medal)のリボンを着けている歴戦の歩兵です。(War decorations: 1939–1945 / Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany; Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)) ヒコックス中尉(M.ファスベンダー)の発音が物議を醸すセリフは、以下サイトで確認できます。(Inglorious Basterds - German Script Request / RhinoSpike)
6.血讐(Goel)の伏線は、①ショシャナ(M.ロラン)はランダに顔を見られず、②モンディーノ(J.ドレイファス)やヘルシュトローム少佐(A.ディール)にパリジェンヌ(Parisienne)と思われ、③ランダが名前(ショシャナ)をど忘れした(1h0’27”)、などです。なお、サントラ「Rabbia e Tarantella」は激情(rage)とタランテッラ(南イタリア舞踊)の意味で、6/8拍子が12/8拍子にテンポアップするなどコンシークエンスを伴うそうです。監督(Tarantino)と作風にかけたようです。
2022年8月28日に日本でレビュー済み
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オーケストラで好演したメラニー・ロランが出演していたので観賞しました。彼女は素晴らしい女優だとは思いますが、丁度シンドラーのリストを見た後だったせいもあり対象時代が同じとは言え作品の重みが違い過ぎました。ある意味がっかり。
2023年10月15日に日本でレビュー済み
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映画自体は面白かったですよ。もう観れなくなっちゃいましたけどね。
2023年8月28日に日本でレビュー済み
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ナチをぶっ殺しまくって、バーン!ボーン!ドカーン!! かと思いきや、語らぬことによって語るを良しとする類の映画でしたか。
今作もブラぴの魅力がいっぱいですね。
ナチの売国ヤラウ、復讐の女性は、独特の肌触りでイカシマス。
今作もブラぴの魅力がいっぱいですね。
ナチの売国ヤラウ、復讐の女性は、独特の肌触りでイカシマス。
2023年9月11日に日本でレビュー済み
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ダイアン・クル-ガ-を見たくて買ったが、もう一人の主役のメラニ-・ロランがとても綺麗で気にいった。話は滅茶苦茶に人を殺しまくって酷いものだが、女優二人はとても良い。二人共殺されるが。
タランティーノはこれだから好きにはなれないが・・・・。
タランティーノはこれだから好きにはなれないが・・・・。
2023年5月6日に日本でレビュー済み
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クリストフ・ヴァルツの演技が見事で、何度見ても飽きない。
表面上は平静を装いつつ、水面下では緊張感が破裂寸前となり、くだらないおしゃべりの後に爆発的な破局が訪れる、というクエンティン・タランティーノ監督の定番のシーンが多くて良い。
表面上は平静を装いつつ、水面下では緊張感が破裂寸前となり、くだらないおしゃべりの後に爆発的な破局が訪れる、というクエンティン・タランティーノ監督の定番のシーンが多くて良い。
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Biljpd
5つ星のうち5.0
Bons acteurs
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Incroyable de voir une telle persécution.

Jonathan Hartness
5つ星のうち5.0
The Best Film of 2009 and one of the best of the decade!
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Spoilers... I try to avoid them, but you should definitely see this film before reading this review!
To say that I was eagerly anticipating this movie would be a drastic understatement. Quentin Tarantino is my favorite film maker. His films offer such an intense entertainment experience, equal parts action, comedic, and suspense. He makes films that he would like to watch, always focusing on the viewers experience above all other motivations. In my opinion, Tarantino's second film, Pulp Fiction, is the best film ever made. It's a master class in story telling, brilliantly using non-linear chapters filled with hilarious dialog and intense moments of violence to piece together a classic tale of betrayal and redemption, all while using completely unconventional and innovative script writing and film making techniques that have sense been copied to death by other screenwriters and directors.
I have loved all six of Quentin's films leading up to Inglourious Basterds to varying degrees, but the anticipation hasn't been quite this high for me, this being his first "epic" since 2004's Kill Bill: Vol. 2, which combined with it's first volume, is the best film of this current decade. Even though I love Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, and Death Proof, I particularly love what Quentin refers to as his "Mount Everests." These are massive undertakings for him, often taking many, many years to get on the page, much less actually production.
Leading up to opening night, which was 12:01 AM on August 21, 2009, I had heard mixed reports coming from Cannes, but I knew that the art house crowd that populated the critic's screenings at that festival didn't always appreciate the wildly entertaining pulp classics that Quentin consistently provides his audiences. The trailer for the movie purposefully mis-marketed Inglourious Basterds as a bloodthirsty action movie, like a mix of The Dirty Dozen meets Hostel. It didn't completely appeal to me, but I knew Tarantino had way more up his sleeve.
Inglourious Basterds is a story of Jewish vengeance, represented by a band of Jewish American soldiers (a.k.a. the Basterds, led by Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine) terrorizing Nazis behind enemy lines, and a young Jewish French girl seeking revenge for the murder of her family. The man personally responsible for this atrocity is also the one character that ties the entire film together, the antagonist Col. Hans Landa, played brilliantly and enthusiastically by German actor Christoph Waltz, as he is in almost every chapter. The quality of the performance is at least equal to other powerhouse performances this decade (e.g. Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men), but I cannot recall the last time I saw an actor this charismatic and so obviously in love with his craft. He won the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and I fully expect him to take home an Oscar as well.
The film is divided into five chapters, the first of which is titled "Once Upon a Time, in Nazi Occupied France..." This title, the beautiful opening shots of the French countryside, and the sampling from the scores from many Sergio Leone films and other westerns gives this scene the feel of a Spaghetti Western set in World War II. Once Hans Landa arrives on screen and enters the dairy farmer's house, there is about twenty minutes of typically great Quentin Tarantino dialogue, only we're having to read it in subtitles! Heaven forbid the mainstream masses knew about that before going to see the latest Brad Pitt movie! Hence, the (brilliant) mis-marketing. The majority of this film is actually in a language other than English, about equal parts German and French, with a dash of Italian for good measure. Our good friend Mr. Christoph Walt speaks each of these languages fluently throughout the film, adding to the already tour de force performance to the point of showing off. Back to the scene. It turns out that Col. Hans Landa is not only an expert linguist but a master detective hired by the Nazis for the express purpose of hunting Jews that have managed to escape the grasp of the German army. As he interrogates this dairy farmer (who looks suspiciously like Stanley Kubrick), the camera gives us more information, and tension builds until the camera finally puts us directly in front of the Col., staring into his heartless eyes for a few very uncomfortable moments. Excuse the hyperbole, but I feel that this is one of the best scenes Tarantino has ever written.
It's not until the second chapter that we're introduced to the Basterds, and most of this scene is spent in the woods during an interrogation of a few hostages that the Basterds have taken after killing and scalping most of the Nazi unit. Here we meet Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), who gets his own flashback, and Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), also known as the baseball bat wielding "Bear Jew." If there is one thing wrong with this movie, it's the amateur delivery of each of Eli Roth's lines. He doesn't have too many, but whenever he opens his mouth I found myself cringing; in my mind a slight casting misstep, in an otherwise flawless cast (yes, I even liked Mike Myers). We also get to see a very animated Hitler, played deliciously over-the-top by Martin Wuttke, rant about the Bear Jew to the point of delirium.
Chapter three re-introduces us to the heroine Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent), now the owner of a quaint movie theater in Paris, and her reluctant relationship to a young Private in the German army. This Private (Daniel Bruhl) is the catalyst for all of the events that follow, although Shosanna is obviously displeased by his advances. His playful banter and her distinct annoyance give us some lighter, humorous reprieve, before thrusting us again into the violent foray. This chapter also contains a great scene featuring a conversation between her and Landa over desert. The way Tarantino uses camera angles and close-ups to evoke the same feelings of tension he made us feel in the opening scene... Simply incredible.
Chapter four features the longest scene in the film that has been described by some as a thirty minute version of Reservoir Dogs that takes place in a basement tavern. There are several moments during this scene in which Quentin's pacing seems to meander until he suddenly causes you to hold your breath in anticipation. The scene builds and builds and when the release comes, it is quick, violent, and glorious; a small taste of things to come.
The fifth and final chapter culminates at the Shosanna's movie theater, at the premiere for a Nazi propaganda film which most of the German high command is attending. Each respective party of vengeful Jews gets basically the same idea, and the beauty is in the execution of each of these plans. One is a plan of desperation in which everything seems to go wrong. The other is a long gestating, deeply poetic, primal scream of a plan that culminates in some of the most haunting and enduring images Tarantino, or anyone, has put on screen.
I've listened to and read many critics and film geeks argue the meaning and purpose of this film, and some have submitted some pretty good arguments. There is definitely much irony throughout the film, especially when related to the violence. When a German officer is beat to death with a baseball bat, Tarantino presents him as an honorable soldier rather than a repulsive monster, which makes the beating and subsequent guffaws from the audience sit uneasily with a discerning audience member. Then there are the images of a grossly over-animated Adolf Hitler and his cronies, in a movie theater, their laughter and cheers erupting into a blood-thirsty frenzy as they watch a propaganda film that glorifies the death of hundreds of American soldiers. All the while a group of blood-thirsty Americans clap and cheer at the insanity that ensues, which can be described as a violent orgasm of death, or maybe... a holocaust.
There is so much substance here to be analyzed and scrutinized, but Tarantino himself has mentioned that he doesn't even try to examine the subtext of his films, although he recognizes it is there. Mostly he is determined to create a masterpiece each time he makes a film, and not for art's sake, but for ours. He is determined to create entertainment for an audience to enjoy over and over again, always finding something new to take away from it. I've seen Inglourious Basterds three times so far in the theater, and plan on seeing it once more before it leaves. Each time I notice more and more, and it leaves me somewhat contemplative, but always smiling.
One obvious theme is the power of cinema, and Quentin has mentioned that this film is essentially a love letter to cinema. Tarantino has always been accused of stealing from other movies, however, the accusers hardly attempt to apply the same level of scrutiny to other beloved directors (e.g. Martin Scorsese) who have not only revolutionized film, but as devout students of film, borrowed heavily from the great film makers who have come before and inspired them to make film in the first place. With Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino has melded together classic themes, settings, camera shots and musical cues with his unique style of writing and directing to create a completely fresh and unique experience. The final scene is delivered almost like a punch-line, or maybe the closing message of a morality tale; either way it is just the right touch to top off his cinematic masterpiece.
Monsieur Tarantino, to you, your cast, and your crew I say, "Bravo!"
[...]
To say that I was eagerly anticipating this movie would be a drastic understatement. Quentin Tarantino is my favorite film maker. His films offer such an intense entertainment experience, equal parts action, comedic, and suspense. He makes films that he would like to watch, always focusing on the viewers experience above all other motivations. In my opinion, Tarantino's second film, Pulp Fiction, is the best film ever made. It's a master class in story telling, brilliantly using non-linear chapters filled with hilarious dialog and intense moments of violence to piece together a classic tale of betrayal and redemption, all while using completely unconventional and innovative script writing and film making techniques that have sense been copied to death by other screenwriters and directors.
I have loved all six of Quentin's films leading up to Inglourious Basterds to varying degrees, but the anticipation hasn't been quite this high for me, this being his first "epic" since 2004's Kill Bill: Vol. 2, which combined with it's first volume, is the best film of this current decade. Even though I love Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, and Death Proof, I particularly love what Quentin refers to as his "Mount Everests." These are massive undertakings for him, often taking many, many years to get on the page, much less actually production.
Leading up to opening night, which was 12:01 AM on August 21, 2009, I had heard mixed reports coming from Cannes, but I knew that the art house crowd that populated the critic's screenings at that festival didn't always appreciate the wildly entertaining pulp classics that Quentin consistently provides his audiences. The trailer for the movie purposefully mis-marketed Inglourious Basterds as a bloodthirsty action movie, like a mix of The Dirty Dozen meets Hostel. It didn't completely appeal to me, but I knew Tarantino had way more up his sleeve.
Inglourious Basterds is a story of Jewish vengeance, represented by a band of Jewish American soldiers (a.k.a. the Basterds, led by Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine) terrorizing Nazis behind enemy lines, and a young Jewish French girl seeking revenge for the murder of her family. The man personally responsible for this atrocity is also the one character that ties the entire film together, the antagonist Col. Hans Landa, played brilliantly and enthusiastically by German actor Christoph Waltz, as he is in almost every chapter. The quality of the performance is at least equal to other powerhouse performances this decade (e.g. Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood and Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men), but I cannot recall the last time I saw an actor this charismatic and so obviously in love with his craft. He won the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival, and I fully expect him to take home an Oscar as well.
The film is divided into five chapters, the first of which is titled "Once Upon a Time, in Nazi Occupied France..." This title, the beautiful opening shots of the French countryside, and the sampling from the scores from many Sergio Leone films and other westerns gives this scene the feel of a Spaghetti Western set in World War II. Once Hans Landa arrives on screen and enters the dairy farmer's house, there is about twenty minutes of typically great Quentin Tarantino dialogue, only we're having to read it in subtitles! Heaven forbid the mainstream masses knew about that before going to see the latest Brad Pitt movie! Hence, the (brilliant) mis-marketing. The majority of this film is actually in a language other than English, about equal parts German and French, with a dash of Italian for good measure. Our good friend Mr. Christoph Walt speaks each of these languages fluently throughout the film, adding to the already tour de force performance to the point of showing off. Back to the scene. It turns out that Col. Hans Landa is not only an expert linguist but a master detective hired by the Nazis for the express purpose of hunting Jews that have managed to escape the grasp of the German army. As he interrogates this dairy farmer (who looks suspiciously like Stanley Kubrick), the camera gives us more information, and tension builds until the camera finally puts us directly in front of the Col., staring into his heartless eyes for a few very uncomfortable moments. Excuse the hyperbole, but I feel that this is one of the best scenes Tarantino has ever written.
It's not until the second chapter that we're introduced to the Basterds, and most of this scene is spent in the woods during an interrogation of a few hostages that the Basterds have taken after killing and scalping most of the Nazi unit. Here we meet Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), who gets his own flashback, and Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), also known as the baseball bat wielding "Bear Jew." If there is one thing wrong with this movie, it's the amateur delivery of each of Eli Roth's lines. He doesn't have too many, but whenever he opens his mouth I found myself cringing; in my mind a slight casting misstep, in an otherwise flawless cast (yes, I even liked Mike Myers). We also get to see a very animated Hitler, played deliciously over-the-top by Martin Wuttke, rant about the Bear Jew to the point of delirium.
Chapter three re-introduces us to the heroine Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent), now the owner of a quaint movie theater in Paris, and her reluctant relationship to a young Private in the German army. This Private (Daniel Bruhl) is the catalyst for all of the events that follow, although Shosanna is obviously displeased by his advances. His playful banter and her distinct annoyance give us some lighter, humorous reprieve, before thrusting us again into the violent foray. This chapter also contains a great scene featuring a conversation between her and Landa over desert. The way Tarantino uses camera angles and close-ups to evoke the same feelings of tension he made us feel in the opening scene... Simply incredible.
Chapter four features the longest scene in the film that has been described by some as a thirty minute version of Reservoir Dogs that takes place in a basement tavern. There are several moments during this scene in which Quentin's pacing seems to meander until he suddenly causes you to hold your breath in anticipation. The scene builds and builds and when the release comes, it is quick, violent, and glorious; a small taste of things to come.
The fifth and final chapter culminates at the Shosanna's movie theater, at the premiere for a Nazi propaganda film which most of the German high command is attending. Each respective party of vengeful Jews gets basically the same idea, and the beauty is in the execution of each of these plans. One is a plan of desperation in which everything seems to go wrong. The other is a long gestating, deeply poetic, primal scream of a plan that culminates in some of the most haunting and enduring images Tarantino, or anyone, has put on screen.
I've listened to and read many critics and film geeks argue the meaning and purpose of this film, and some have submitted some pretty good arguments. There is definitely much irony throughout the film, especially when related to the violence. When a German officer is beat to death with a baseball bat, Tarantino presents him as an honorable soldier rather than a repulsive monster, which makes the beating and subsequent guffaws from the audience sit uneasily with a discerning audience member. Then there are the images of a grossly over-animated Adolf Hitler and his cronies, in a movie theater, their laughter and cheers erupting into a blood-thirsty frenzy as they watch a propaganda film that glorifies the death of hundreds of American soldiers. All the while a group of blood-thirsty Americans clap and cheer at the insanity that ensues, which can be described as a violent orgasm of death, or maybe... a holocaust.
There is so much substance here to be analyzed and scrutinized, but Tarantino himself has mentioned that he doesn't even try to examine the subtext of his films, although he recognizes it is there. Mostly he is determined to create a masterpiece each time he makes a film, and not for art's sake, but for ours. He is determined to create entertainment for an audience to enjoy over and over again, always finding something new to take away from it. I've seen Inglourious Basterds three times so far in the theater, and plan on seeing it once more before it leaves. Each time I notice more and more, and it leaves me somewhat contemplative, but always smiling.
One obvious theme is the power of cinema, and Quentin has mentioned that this film is essentially a love letter to cinema. Tarantino has always been accused of stealing from other movies, however, the accusers hardly attempt to apply the same level of scrutiny to other beloved directors (e.g. Martin Scorsese) who have not only revolutionized film, but as devout students of film, borrowed heavily from the great film makers who have come before and inspired them to make film in the first place. With Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino has melded together classic themes, settings, camera shots and musical cues with his unique style of writing and directing to create a completely fresh and unique experience. The final scene is delivered almost like a punch-line, or maybe the closing message of a morality tale; either way it is just the right touch to top off his cinematic masterpiece.
Monsieur Tarantino, to you, your cast, and your crew I say, "Bravo!"
[...]

Sancho Pansa
5つ星のうち5.0
Auf dass Zeter und Mordio erschalle...
2010年2月13日にドイツでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
...und eine weitere Rezension die Schar der Film-"Freunde" spalte!
Ehrlich gesagt bin ich erschrocken, dass der Film solch zahlreiche negative Rezensionen erhält. Dies geschieht meines Erachtens völlig zu unrecht!
"Langweilig", "mies", "schlecht", "der schlechteste Tarantino aller Zeiten" - das sind die Attribute, mit denen dieser Film beschrieben wird.
Scheinbar waren viele Zuschauer mit "Inglourious Basterds" komplett überfordert!!!
Hier nun der Versuch, in der Kürze einer Film-Rezension bei einem Internet-Shop einige Dinge zu (er)klären:
Womit haben wir es hier überhaupt zu tun? IB ist in meinen Augen erst mal eine Spielwiese für den kreativsten Filmschaffenden (jedenfalls in der A-Liga) unserer Zeit. Der Film ist eine riesengroße Satire auf das, was die Amerikaner gerne gesehen hätten, auf das, wie sie sich selber sehen(oder am liebsten sehen würden) und den amerikanischen Blick auf die Welt in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts (und vermutlich auch weit darüber hinaus). Macht dies schon eine Allegorie? Diese Frage soll jeder für sich selbst beantworten!
Dieses gezeigte Weltbild wird jedoch immer wieder erschüttert durch Handlungen und Charaktereigenschaften einzelner Personen/Figuren, die in ihrer Komplexität plötzlich den selbsternannten "Rettern" turmhoch überlegen sind - sei es in Sachen Mut (Shoshanna, der dt. Feldwebel Rachtman), Intellekt und Gerissenheit (Hans Landa) oder Loyalität. Die amerikanische "Überlegenheit" erweist sich als purer Zufall.
Die amerikanische Mentalität ("Wir tun das Richtige, also ist die Wahl der Mittel nebensächlich"), die heute noch Gültigkeit besitzt wird hier demnach komplett ad absurdum geführt!
Doch begeben wir uns einmal weg von der politischen Ebene, hin zum Filmischen:
Der Film hat die Form eines klassischen Dramas in fünf Akten, die Tarantino-typisch auch als solche plakativ deklariert werden:
Den Einstieg bildet eine Hommage an den Italo-Western, repräsentiert durch die Anfangssequenz ("Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France..." als Anspielung auf Leone!), untermal mit der Musik des absoluten Großmeisters Ennio Morricone! Landa verhört einen französischen Bauern wegen des Verdachts, eine jüdische Familie zu verstecken.
An alle, denen das nicht aufgefallen ist: Schade! Euch wird noch viel mehr entgehen/ entgangen sein!
Das zweite Kapitel - bitte nicht wieder Kritik an Mr. Pitts Schauspielkunst - soll uns den "Haufen" vorstellen, der sich durch die deutschen Reihen "arbeiten" wird. Hier, das gebe ich zu, wirkt die Ansprache von Aldo, dem Apachen in der Synchro weniger eindringlich als im Original mit prima Akzent! Die gefühlmäßige Kälte (Routine) wird hier auf den Punkt getroffen!
Im weiteren Verlauf bekomme wir immer wieder Klischees vorgesetzt - den cholerischen "Führer", den "treuen und tapferen Deutschen" Werner Rachtman (hier besonders intensiv, da für amerikanische Verhältnisse im Grunde deutlich "zu" positiv dargestellt), den snobistischen Engländer, die unterkühlte deutsche Schauspielerin, den jungen Kriegshelden, die immer in den gleichen Platitüden plappernden Amis... Doch jede der Figuren wird von den entsprechenden Schauspielern mit teils unglaublicher Tiefe versehen! Besonders hervorheben möchte ich an dieser Stelle Daniel Brühl, bei dem man ständig zwischen Abscheu und Sympathie hin und her gerissen ist - und BLEIBT! Eine abschließende Festlegung auf eine Haltung bleibt meiner Meinung nach beinahe unmöglich!
3. Akt - Die Keller-/ Tavernensznene: hier jongliert QT erneut mit dutzenden Anspielungen, die von Karl May über Edgar Wallace bis hin zu Alfred Hitchkock reichen. Dazu werden Namen von Schauspielern und Filmen gleich im Dutzend genannt oder angedeutet... Ganz groß gemacht, denn es wirkt niemals aufdringlich!
Dazu eines der ABSOLUTEN Highlights: es wird durch Dialog eine Spannung kreiert, die im Kino ihresgleichen sucht. August Diehl hat hier (s)einen Auftritt als SS-Mann, der dem Besucher mehr als nur in Erinnerung bleiben wird!
Plötzlich und unversehen ändert sich hier auch der Lauf der Dinge...
"Operation Kino" bildet den 4. Akt und zeigt die zeitweise Hilflosigkeit der agierenden Personen, die natürlich Konsequenzen hat: der Plan gerät mächtig aus dem Ruder!
Köstlich hierbei der Auftritt von Herrn Pitt als italienischer "Ausnahmedarsteller" nebst seiner Kameraleute, die jedoch leider kaum ihre eigene "Muttersprache" sprechen. Optisch wird hier mit dem Aussehen von Marlon Brando in "Der Pate" kokettiert, die Gags sitzen.
Dies war übrigens schon immer Tarantinos große Stärke, der sog. "comic relief", also dass unmittelbar nach besonders spannenden (oder grausamen) Momenten ein komisches Element eingebaut wird, das die Situation etwas entschärft.
Das große Finale bildet dann der 5. Akt: "Die Rache des Riesengesichts". Hierauf möchte ich nicht näher eingehen, doch es sei gesagt, dass sich einige dinge vollkommen anders als erwartet entwickeln!
Dieses "Drama" ist natürlich wieder "gewürzt" mit plakativen Schriftzügen und Einblendungen, die an die Trash-movies der 60er und 70er erinnern oder an Fernseh- und Printwerbung dieser Zeit: laut, grell, aufdringlich. "Die Botschaft MUSS in Eure Köpfe!" scheint das Motto zu sein!
Abgesehen davon finden sich noch einige andere "Gags" im Film, die so gut versteckt sind, dass man schon genau hinschauen muss:
Wer hat denn z.B. BOB ROSS im Film entdeckt??? Hadelt es sich vielleicht bei den kleineren und größeren Katastrophen im Film bloß um "happy little accidents", die wir zu unserem Vorteil nutzen können?
Wer hat die Anspielung auf Keinohrhasen entdeckt???
Tarantinos Fußfetisch - auch hier wieder bedient??? Wir erinern uns - es begann eig. mit Salma Hayek in "From Dusk Till Dawn"...
Dies alles wird von QT erneut mit einem Sountrack untermalt, den nur ER in dieser Form liefern kann. Besonders das musikalische Herzstück des Films "Cat People" von David Bowie mit der markanten Zeile "Turning out the fire with gasoline" zeigt uns doch, was wir von alledem zu halten haben: wenn man Feuer mit Benzin bekämpfen will, muss man verdammt noch mal GANZ GENAU wissen, was man da tut, denn ansonten verbrennt man sich ganz gehörig die Finger!!!
Zuletzt möchte ich noch einige schauspielerische Leistungen ansprechen:
Christoph Waltz - UNGLAUBLICH!!! Von Sherlock Holmes über wahnsinnigen Killer und eiskalt berechnende Bestie bis hin zu Fähnchen im Wind ist hier ALLES vertreten, glaubhafter als ich es bisher gesehen habe! Schon jetzt legendär!
Melanie Laurent - spielt Diane Kruger locker an die Wand. Neues und unverbrauchtes Gesicht, tolle Tiefe! Großes Kino!
Daniel Brühl - Laurents Gegenpart und Nemesis, großartig interpretiert! Alles in allem mehr als nur eine Empfehlung für größere Aufgaben!
Til Schweiger - gewohnt stoisch in seiner Mimik und wortkarg, dennoch überzeugend!
Diane Kruger und Eli Roth - die beiden schauspielerischen Tiefpunkte im Film
August Diehl - BEÄNGSTIGEND GUT!!! Mehr braucht man nicht sagen!
Denis Menochet - Puuuh!!! Intensiv!!!
Was bleibt nun am Ende übrig? Eine Hommage an das Kino an sich, eine Kollage unverdauter amerikanischer Erinnerungen und sozio-kultureller Missstände? Ein modernes Märchen von dem, was hätte sein können? Hier möchte ich auf alle Fragen mit "JA" antworten.
Vor allem bleibt in meinen Augen ein wirklich großes Stück Kino, das man kaum genug loben kann!
Alles andere als 5 Sterne ist in meinen Augen ein Verkennen der Kunstfertigkeit dieses Regisseurs!
Ehrlich gesagt bin ich erschrocken, dass der Film solch zahlreiche negative Rezensionen erhält. Dies geschieht meines Erachtens völlig zu unrecht!
"Langweilig", "mies", "schlecht", "der schlechteste Tarantino aller Zeiten" - das sind die Attribute, mit denen dieser Film beschrieben wird.
Scheinbar waren viele Zuschauer mit "Inglourious Basterds" komplett überfordert!!!
Hier nun der Versuch, in der Kürze einer Film-Rezension bei einem Internet-Shop einige Dinge zu (er)klären:
Womit haben wir es hier überhaupt zu tun? IB ist in meinen Augen erst mal eine Spielwiese für den kreativsten Filmschaffenden (jedenfalls in der A-Liga) unserer Zeit. Der Film ist eine riesengroße Satire auf das, was die Amerikaner gerne gesehen hätten, auf das, wie sie sich selber sehen(oder am liebsten sehen würden) und den amerikanischen Blick auf die Welt in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts (und vermutlich auch weit darüber hinaus). Macht dies schon eine Allegorie? Diese Frage soll jeder für sich selbst beantworten!
Dieses gezeigte Weltbild wird jedoch immer wieder erschüttert durch Handlungen und Charaktereigenschaften einzelner Personen/Figuren, die in ihrer Komplexität plötzlich den selbsternannten "Rettern" turmhoch überlegen sind - sei es in Sachen Mut (Shoshanna, der dt. Feldwebel Rachtman), Intellekt und Gerissenheit (Hans Landa) oder Loyalität. Die amerikanische "Überlegenheit" erweist sich als purer Zufall.
Die amerikanische Mentalität ("Wir tun das Richtige, also ist die Wahl der Mittel nebensächlich"), die heute noch Gültigkeit besitzt wird hier demnach komplett ad absurdum geführt!
Doch begeben wir uns einmal weg von der politischen Ebene, hin zum Filmischen:
Der Film hat die Form eines klassischen Dramas in fünf Akten, die Tarantino-typisch auch als solche plakativ deklariert werden:
Den Einstieg bildet eine Hommage an den Italo-Western, repräsentiert durch die Anfangssequenz ("Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France..." als Anspielung auf Leone!), untermal mit der Musik des absoluten Großmeisters Ennio Morricone! Landa verhört einen französischen Bauern wegen des Verdachts, eine jüdische Familie zu verstecken.
An alle, denen das nicht aufgefallen ist: Schade! Euch wird noch viel mehr entgehen/ entgangen sein!
Das zweite Kapitel - bitte nicht wieder Kritik an Mr. Pitts Schauspielkunst - soll uns den "Haufen" vorstellen, der sich durch die deutschen Reihen "arbeiten" wird. Hier, das gebe ich zu, wirkt die Ansprache von Aldo, dem Apachen in der Synchro weniger eindringlich als im Original mit prima Akzent! Die gefühlmäßige Kälte (Routine) wird hier auf den Punkt getroffen!
Im weiteren Verlauf bekomme wir immer wieder Klischees vorgesetzt - den cholerischen "Führer", den "treuen und tapferen Deutschen" Werner Rachtman (hier besonders intensiv, da für amerikanische Verhältnisse im Grunde deutlich "zu" positiv dargestellt), den snobistischen Engländer, die unterkühlte deutsche Schauspielerin, den jungen Kriegshelden, die immer in den gleichen Platitüden plappernden Amis... Doch jede der Figuren wird von den entsprechenden Schauspielern mit teils unglaublicher Tiefe versehen! Besonders hervorheben möchte ich an dieser Stelle Daniel Brühl, bei dem man ständig zwischen Abscheu und Sympathie hin und her gerissen ist - und BLEIBT! Eine abschließende Festlegung auf eine Haltung bleibt meiner Meinung nach beinahe unmöglich!
3. Akt - Die Keller-/ Tavernensznene: hier jongliert QT erneut mit dutzenden Anspielungen, die von Karl May über Edgar Wallace bis hin zu Alfred Hitchkock reichen. Dazu werden Namen von Schauspielern und Filmen gleich im Dutzend genannt oder angedeutet... Ganz groß gemacht, denn es wirkt niemals aufdringlich!
Dazu eines der ABSOLUTEN Highlights: es wird durch Dialog eine Spannung kreiert, die im Kino ihresgleichen sucht. August Diehl hat hier (s)einen Auftritt als SS-Mann, der dem Besucher mehr als nur in Erinnerung bleiben wird!
Plötzlich und unversehen ändert sich hier auch der Lauf der Dinge...
"Operation Kino" bildet den 4. Akt und zeigt die zeitweise Hilflosigkeit der agierenden Personen, die natürlich Konsequenzen hat: der Plan gerät mächtig aus dem Ruder!
Köstlich hierbei der Auftritt von Herrn Pitt als italienischer "Ausnahmedarsteller" nebst seiner Kameraleute, die jedoch leider kaum ihre eigene "Muttersprache" sprechen. Optisch wird hier mit dem Aussehen von Marlon Brando in "Der Pate" kokettiert, die Gags sitzen.
Dies war übrigens schon immer Tarantinos große Stärke, der sog. "comic relief", also dass unmittelbar nach besonders spannenden (oder grausamen) Momenten ein komisches Element eingebaut wird, das die Situation etwas entschärft.
Das große Finale bildet dann der 5. Akt: "Die Rache des Riesengesichts". Hierauf möchte ich nicht näher eingehen, doch es sei gesagt, dass sich einige dinge vollkommen anders als erwartet entwickeln!
Dieses "Drama" ist natürlich wieder "gewürzt" mit plakativen Schriftzügen und Einblendungen, die an die Trash-movies der 60er und 70er erinnern oder an Fernseh- und Printwerbung dieser Zeit: laut, grell, aufdringlich. "Die Botschaft MUSS in Eure Köpfe!" scheint das Motto zu sein!
Abgesehen davon finden sich noch einige andere "Gags" im Film, die so gut versteckt sind, dass man schon genau hinschauen muss:
Wer hat denn z.B. BOB ROSS im Film entdeckt??? Hadelt es sich vielleicht bei den kleineren und größeren Katastrophen im Film bloß um "happy little accidents", die wir zu unserem Vorteil nutzen können?
Wer hat die Anspielung auf Keinohrhasen entdeckt???
Tarantinos Fußfetisch - auch hier wieder bedient??? Wir erinern uns - es begann eig. mit Salma Hayek in "From Dusk Till Dawn"...
Dies alles wird von QT erneut mit einem Sountrack untermalt, den nur ER in dieser Form liefern kann. Besonders das musikalische Herzstück des Films "Cat People" von David Bowie mit der markanten Zeile "Turning out the fire with gasoline" zeigt uns doch, was wir von alledem zu halten haben: wenn man Feuer mit Benzin bekämpfen will, muss man verdammt noch mal GANZ GENAU wissen, was man da tut, denn ansonten verbrennt man sich ganz gehörig die Finger!!!
Zuletzt möchte ich noch einige schauspielerische Leistungen ansprechen:
Christoph Waltz - UNGLAUBLICH!!! Von Sherlock Holmes über wahnsinnigen Killer und eiskalt berechnende Bestie bis hin zu Fähnchen im Wind ist hier ALLES vertreten, glaubhafter als ich es bisher gesehen habe! Schon jetzt legendär!
Melanie Laurent - spielt Diane Kruger locker an die Wand. Neues und unverbrauchtes Gesicht, tolle Tiefe! Großes Kino!
Daniel Brühl - Laurents Gegenpart und Nemesis, großartig interpretiert! Alles in allem mehr als nur eine Empfehlung für größere Aufgaben!
Til Schweiger - gewohnt stoisch in seiner Mimik und wortkarg, dennoch überzeugend!
Diane Kruger und Eli Roth - die beiden schauspielerischen Tiefpunkte im Film
August Diehl - BEÄNGSTIGEND GUT!!! Mehr braucht man nicht sagen!
Denis Menochet - Puuuh!!! Intensiv!!!
Was bleibt nun am Ende übrig? Eine Hommage an das Kino an sich, eine Kollage unverdauter amerikanischer Erinnerungen und sozio-kultureller Missstände? Ein modernes Märchen von dem, was hätte sein können? Hier möchte ich auf alle Fragen mit "JA" antworten.
Vor allem bleibt in meinen Augen ein wirklich großes Stück Kino, das man kaum genug loben kann!
Alles andere als 5 Sterne ist in meinen Augen ein Verkennen der Kunstfertigkeit dieses Regisseurs!

Joshua Kurzitza
5つ星のうち5.0
Amazing film
2023年10月22日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Great movie. Must have if you want the whole Quentin Tarantino colllection.

Christina Reynolds
5つ星のうち5.0
This is Tarantino's World (We're Just Living In It)
2021年6月13日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
My rating is more of a 4.5
Thanks for reading!
𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔!
𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent.
The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent), a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by the British but utimately conducted solely by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt). Christoph Waltz co-stars as Hans Landa, an SS colonel in charge of tracking down Raine's group.
For how far fetched ‘Inglourious Basterds’ may be in theory it is worth noting that its premise likely wasn't pulled out of thin air. In 1945 three men by the name of Fred Meyer, Hans Wijnberg, and Franz Weber volunteered for an assignment that was at the time known as ‘Operation Greenup’. It has been declared as “one of the most successful OSS operations mounted from Bari”, and the task at hand entailed scouting the heavily fortified and secure area of Austria for pertinent intel. Much of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ is carried by details heavily influenced by Tarantino's imagination, but the parallels where they matter most are worth looking into with more depth in viewers’ freetime.
(A documentary detailing this mission in more detail called ‘The real Inglourious Basterds’ that was directed by Min Sook Lee can be found on Amazon Prime)
(As an aside: I can’t recommend this little documentary enough. The real story blew my entire mind)
After an extensively fruitless casting search for the role of Hans Landa, Tarantino almost decided against making ‘Inglourious Basterds’ altogether; He gave himself another week to find his “perfect Landa”, and as fate would have it Christoph Waltz nailed his audition and subsequently earned the part. It's nearly impossible now to imagine another actor in this role - who, while isn't based off a real person (But is very similar to Franz Hofer for those of you that check out that documentary!) stands in as a caricature of German Authority during the particular period of time in question. There is a bravado to Waltz’s performance here that on its own is entertaining between his flawless line delivery and linguistic repertoire of genius, but there's also a manipulative modest demeanor that simply puts other depictions of humanized evil to shame. Love to hate or hate to love him - there's simply much to be said psychologically speaking in terms of Hans’ feverish drive towards impunity following his lavish display of pomposity and virtuous depravity.
‘Inglourious Basterds’ could easily have turned in to a preposterous mess, but thanks to Tarantino’s senses in terms of writing and set design it is far from being riddled with ravelment. The opportunities for bewilderment reveal themselves often, and are really only exploited during scenes that drag emotionally or could be made shorter without having a little effect on the overarching plot.
It doesn't likely we need to be sad, but obviously the climax makes good on ‘Inglorious Basterd’s promise of being a piece of speculative fiction. For what it’s worth - it's little of a surprise to me that the convergence of the two aforementioned storylines takes place inside that of a movie theater; I infer that for Tarentino this is a way of weaponizing his creative medium of choices as an unconventional intervention during a time where it would have arguably been needed most. A bit self-indulgent? I can't deny that. A clever way of capturing the destructive ( but also ironically constructive) nature of films both in production and execution? That's certainly Up For debate, but I think I've made my point
In another life Tarantino could easily be mistaken for the likes of Victor Frankenstein; the predilection for historical fallacies in his work is difficult to ignore, but they are easily and equally appreciated in terms of entertainment and thoughtful engagement. By stitching the pieces of reality that ground narratives like this one together as is seen fit, samples of credibility are mimicked while simultaneously granting new life to stories that may otherwise never see the light of day.
I guess that's only fair: this is Tarantino's world. We, on the other hand, are just living in it.
Thanks for reading!
𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔!
𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.
Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 war film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and starring Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger and Mélanie Laurent.
The film tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership, one planned by Shosanna Dreyfus (Laurent), a young French Jewish cinema proprietor, and the other by the British but utimately conducted solely by a team of Jewish American soldiers led by First Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt). Christoph Waltz co-stars as Hans Landa, an SS colonel in charge of tracking down Raine's group.
For how far fetched ‘Inglourious Basterds’ may be in theory it is worth noting that its premise likely wasn't pulled out of thin air. In 1945 three men by the name of Fred Meyer, Hans Wijnberg, and Franz Weber volunteered for an assignment that was at the time known as ‘Operation Greenup’. It has been declared as “one of the most successful OSS operations mounted from Bari”, and the task at hand entailed scouting the heavily fortified and secure area of Austria for pertinent intel. Much of ‘Inglourious Basterds’ is carried by details heavily influenced by Tarantino's imagination, but the parallels where they matter most are worth looking into with more depth in viewers’ freetime.
(A documentary detailing this mission in more detail called ‘The real Inglourious Basterds’ that was directed by Min Sook Lee can be found on Amazon Prime)
(As an aside: I can’t recommend this little documentary enough. The real story blew my entire mind)
After an extensively fruitless casting search for the role of Hans Landa, Tarantino almost decided against making ‘Inglourious Basterds’ altogether; He gave himself another week to find his “perfect Landa”, and as fate would have it Christoph Waltz nailed his audition and subsequently earned the part. It's nearly impossible now to imagine another actor in this role - who, while isn't based off a real person (But is very similar to Franz Hofer for those of you that check out that documentary!) stands in as a caricature of German Authority during the particular period of time in question. There is a bravado to Waltz’s performance here that on its own is entertaining between his flawless line delivery and linguistic repertoire of genius, but there's also a manipulative modest demeanor that simply puts other depictions of humanized evil to shame. Love to hate or hate to love him - there's simply much to be said psychologically speaking in terms of Hans’ feverish drive towards impunity following his lavish display of pomposity and virtuous depravity.
‘Inglourious Basterds’ could easily have turned in to a preposterous mess, but thanks to Tarantino’s senses in terms of writing and set design it is far from being riddled with ravelment. The opportunities for bewilderment reveal themselves often, and are really only exploited during scenes that drag emotionally or could be made shorter without having a little effect on the overarching plot.
It doesn't likely we need to be sad, but obviously the climax makes good on ‘Inglorious Basterd’s promise of being a piece of speculative fiction. For what it’s worth - it's little of a surprise to me that the convergence of the two aforementioned storylines takes place inside that of a movie theater; I infer that for Tarentino this is a way of weaponizing his creative medium of choices as an unconventional intervention during a time where it would have arguably been needed most. A bit self-indulgent? I can't deny that. A clever way of capturing the destructive ( but also ironically constructive) nature of films both in production and execution? That's certainly Up For debate, but I think I've made my point
In another life Tarantino could easily be mistaken for the likes of Victor Frankenstein; the predilection for historical fallacies in his work is difficult to ignore, but they are easily and equally appreciated in terms of entertainment and thoughtful engagement. By stitching the pieces of reality that ground narratives like this one together as is seen fit, samples of credibility are mimicked while simultaneously granting new life to stories that may otherwise never see the light of day.
I guess that's only fair: this is Tarantino's world. We, on the other hand, are just living in it.