tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post571182469040778813..comments2023-09-26T06:39:22.992-04:00Comments on Polivision?: Inglourious Basterds, an analysisQuestion Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-19333094870318255932016-02-24T22:54:10.045-05:002016-02-24T22:54:10.045-05:00The "half-assed" Churchill impersonator...The "half-assed" Churchill impersonator is another link to Hitchcock: none other than the late Rod Taylor, male lead of The Birds. Hardly half-assed!<br /><br />Loved your review. I'm re-watching IB in the context of QT's preoccupation with inverting historical victims and victimizers, and inverting history itself, plus the entire reflexive nature of the film using film, cinema, theatre, projection, photographing, and film stock itself as the major theme and set-piece.<br /><br />In light of his Herculean efforts to resurrect Ultra Panavision 70 for origination and presentation of H8, it makes the importance of and affection for film in IB something of a precursor. He's far more than just a fan of celluloid.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10339042611371786848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-39664791833170368952013-08-27T08:47:57.141-04:002013-08-27T08:47:57.141-04:00When you called the Churchill impersonator "h...When you called the Churchill impersonator "half-assed" I think you should consider that he was half-Churchill, half-Hitchcock cameo. With the shot references to Dial M...Psycho and the "revealing the bomb", you can see the consistency in acknowledging Hitchcock as the Prime Minister of film. This connects briefing a spy with auditioning an actor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-63402617896094771282013-01-12T23:02:33.750-05:002013-01-12T23:02:33.750-05:00Just a note about the "ridiculous pipe" ...Just a note about the "ridiculous pipe" you reference a couple times. It's QT's not so subtle clue about the nature of Landa. The Meerschaum Calabash pipe is very associated in pop culture with Sherlock Holmes. When Landa lights that big puppy up, QT is telling us to pay attention because Landa is not going to miss a single clue, no matter how tiny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-17132723915494398922012-09-08T18:25:06.403-04:002012-09-08T18:25:06.403-04:00Just caught up with IG.
IMO your analysis lacks a...Just caught up with IG. <br />IMO your analysis lacks a critical foundation and neglects obvious questions in your haste to supply happy-talk, bien peasant answers. For instance:<br />At 4 different occasions in the movie a character is faced with a life-and-death choice, twice in what are described as "Mexican stand-offs." Entire conversatIonal set pieces are constructed to bring us to the nub of those choices. Why? Why so many? You don't mention this blindingly obvious and repetitive device.<br />"Is one responsible for the name others give to one?" Landa asks about his sobriquet. What about Toller, "The Nation's Pride"? What about Maximilian, the Nazi soldier's son whose name is deliberately and repeatedly spelled out by QT.<br />Think and be skeptical that dull ideas - there are no good guys in war - don't encrust your writing. They make it boring.<br /><br />There are good guys in war - there aren't many nice guys. There is a difference, in spite of what you learned in kindergarten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-66836517026709259762010-11-12T16:07:00.470-05:002010-11-12T16:07:00.470-05:00Only saw the movie for the first time yesterday an...Only saw the movie for the first time yesterday and loved it. <br /><br />Don't forget that in addition to ordering a glass of milk for Shosanna, he also says <i>"I had one more question I wanted to ask you but I forgot it"</i> or something like that.<br /><br /><i>Zoller shoots off his gun hundreds of times in that clock tower and becomes a national hero, but he wants to shoot off his, er, 'gun' with the pretty local theatre owner and look what happens. This is why I stay single....too many complications.</i><br /><br />You've got a great writing style. This one made my day : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-86058425197105851022010-06-03T20:48:08.142-04:002010-06-03T20:48:08.142-04:00Hey, just wanted to let you know that not only are...Hey, just wanted to let you know that not only are you an awsome film critic, but I am most defenitly citing you for my english essay. Your analasis of Tarantino's reasons for certain scenes is very helpful, especially some of the ironic casting choices. Again, thank you!Haylanhttp://absolutepunk.net/member.php?u=107962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-5938824792514345492010-06-02T16:51:51.230-04:002010-06-02T16:51:51.230-04:00i love this analysis so much! it answered a few qu...i love this analysis so much! it answered a few questions and made me notice some things i missed. and i loved that you brought up the fact that landa might have recognized shosanna. great job :)kmarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-33062275922042585112010-03-28T17:43:32.494-04:002010-03-28T17:43:32.494-04:00Great job! And I'm so happy I'm not the on...Great job! And I'm so happy I'm not the only one who thinks Landa did recognize Shosanna! I don't know, the milk and the other thing he was going to ask her just seemed to me him realizing it's her, messing with her, and then deciding to let her do what she's going to do.<br />Anyway, great job!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11557302912254425224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-35254593070180403542010-02-27T04:50:48.544-05:002010-02-27T04:50:48.544-05:00wonderful review. a great mixture of intellect and...wonderful review. a great mixture of intellect and humourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-65402351322649357272010-01-29T14:54:18.903-05:002010-01-29T14:54:18.903-05:00i enjoyed this!i enjoyed this!Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462137788748061587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-28296783893211866722009-12-27T02:35:47.706-05:002009-12-27T02:35:47.706-05:00"Tarantino is putting his own twist on the tr..."Tarantino is putting his own twist on the tropes of how war turns men into monsters, or how there are no 'good guys' in a war given the number of atrocities committed on both sides."<br /><br />I thought the same of the whole theater scene. The theater in the movie filled with Nazis cheering the death of their enemies soon was replaced by the theater I sat in cheering the death of those Nazis. As you say, I think it is clear the Nazis deserve their fate in the movie, but I think QT intentionally extends the lust for revenge theme to the audience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-35361521029556423102009-12-27T00:29:22.139-05:002009-12-27T00:29:22.139-05:00great reviewgreat reviewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-19183289063538148432009-11-15T07:24:47.437-05:002009-11-15T07:24:47.437-05:00Yeah Daryl Hannah was the fantastically shit-scary...Yeah Daryl Hannah was the fantastically shit-scary Elle Driver =3<br /><br />Good review by the way, shall develop some of these points for an Art History essay- shall give you full credit in my bibliography though =]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-54966385460043658362009-09-03T15:58:20.872-04:002009-09-03T15:58:20.872-04:00Uhg. Read the review... he was referring to "...Uhg. Read the review... he was referring to "washed up" actors being placed back into the spotlight. Uma was hardly unknown or washed-up at that point. And, Daryl Hannah was in Kill Bill, anyway.Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250389368198754312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-36583919737157603122009-09-03T12:20:23.637-04:002009-09-03T12:20:23.637-04:00It was Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, not Daryl HannahIt was Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, not Daryl HannahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-2480017384108537152009-09-01T23:08:19.036-04:002009-09-01T23:08:19.036-04:00Excellent review of a very interesting film! I lov...Excellent review of a very interesting film! I loved Mike Myers as Basil Expedition. I loved the wonderful actress who played Shoshanna. I loved the writing and execution of Landa's character... it was great!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13026289809911034999noreply@blogger.com