I think INGLORIOUS BASTERS is one of the most entertaining films of
the year and definitely something that any hardcore cinema (and
poster) fan would love. It's close to my favorite for Best Picture!
Channing
Below are some comments I wrote on Facebook about the film:
"Oddly enough, I liked INGLORIOUS BASTERDS much more than THE HURT
LOCKER. BASTERDS appeals to an unusual demographic of film geeks with
an interest in the Nazi era, UFA, Zarah Leander, Ennio Morricone,
interesting dialog sequences that erupt into quick violence, cinema,
race relations, star power, and Diane Kruger -- ...one of the most
beautiful and talented blondes in a long, long while! I loved the
actor who played the British spy dropped into France to impersonate a
German soldier. I also loved the giant poster for WHITE HELL OF PIZ
PALU starring Leni Rifenstahl. The poster says it was regie: GW Pabst
but it was also co-directed by Dr. Arnold Fank who created the German
"Mountain" film genre. I've actually seen WHITE HELL and it's quite
good -- loved all the references to Piz Palu in the bar especially the
jokes about the German dialects -- all this while that classic Leander
drinking song is played in the background. The other thing I LOVED
were the references to actress Lilian Harvey between Melanie Laurent
and the actor portraying Josef Goebbels (she compliments Harvey in the
film and he says "Don't mention Lilian Harvey to me!". Harvey was a
British born German film star (she and Willy Fritsch were known as the
"dream couple of German cinema" in the early 1930s culminating in
LIEBESWALZER -- they made 11 films together) who lost favor with the
Nazis but was still a citizen until her papers were withdrawn in 1943
(just before when this film takes place) after she had helped a friend
escape from the country through Switzerland. Hers is an interesting
story -- she actually appeared in about 5 Fox musicals in the US but
dropped out of GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS OF 1935 to be replaced by Alice
Faye who then became an immediate SENSATION!"
On Feb 18, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
I saw it last week.. it is very fun and the Nazi may win an Oscar
on posters - different film:
Munich.... in the scene where the assassination is foiled by the
CIA, we see Eric Bana in front of a theatre that is showing Twiggy
in the Boyfriend and the Sting.
later in the film, when Geoffrey Rush is asking Bana for his
contacts, he gives a date of April 1973.
while the Sting was released in 1973, it was released AFTER April
(the sting was released in December), creating an incorrect timeline
Rich
At 08:52 AM 2/18/2010, Evan Zweifel wrote:
I finally got around to watching "Inglorious Basterds" last night.
I liked it.
Does anyone on this list have stories regarding the movie posters
displayed in the film?
Seems like there has to be an interesting story behind them.
Just wondering.
Thanks,
Evan
Trivia Question: In the Oscar Nominated short 'A Matter of Loaf
and Death', what movie poster is on Grommit's bedroom wall?
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