My mother, who is 80 years old, LOVED "Inglourious Basterds." (I did too.) She couldn't get over how tense it was (esp. the opening 15 minutes) and how it flew by, despite its length. She was also knocked out by Christoph Waltz's perf as the smooth but menacing Nazi, truly an unforgettable villain on a different scale than Ralph Fiennes' turn as Amon Goeth in "Schindler's." There was a ton of dialogue in "Inglourious Basterds," but she thought it moved and looked like a big-time epic. I warned her about QT's excesses, but they didn't matter. This is a woman, after all, who also liked "Kill Bill, Vol. 1," so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised all that "comic blood gushing, etc." Anything that sends up or is about WWII (this is her era), she loves. She OWNS one-sheets to "The Great Escape," "Schindler's" and the BQ of "Saving Private Ryan" in her home. Ironically, she thinks classic Japanese films made by Kurosawa or the other greats from the country in which we were born to be slow and boring. She always points out, for ex., how much she enjoyed "The Magnificent Seven" way more than the source material, "The Seven Samurai." She thinks American cinema, despite our complaints, is one of its best exports in the world. -d.
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:15:48 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Inglorious Basterds > To: [email protected] > > 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? Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
