"Inglourious Basterds"
Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited Inglourious Basterds is a fairy tale.
The movie even begins with the line “Once upon a time…” With that choice of opener, Tarantino calls attention to the fact that this is, in fact, fantasy. It’s really about a boy’s love for classic cinema—The Dirty Dozen, Sergio Leone, etc. From that love, Tarantino has pieced together his most epic and intimate work yet. Basterds is the first classic film of 2009, and it illuminates the legendary filmmaker at his best.
There are various narrative threads to Tarantino’s WWII tapestry. Each one is equally important and, in true Tarantino fashion, they all weave together seamlessly at the end. There are the eponymous “Basterds” who occupy a sizable segment of the film. Led by Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, his best performance thus far, the Basterds are behind enemy lines with one purpose—to kill and scalp Nazis. “The Germans will be sickened by us,” says Pitt in his hilariously confident Southern drawl.
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