Inglorious Bastards (2009)

[rich]

I should clarify I think--shouldn't get worked up about a pop film
that if you're description is close to being accurate and I do not
doubt you, nobody will take all that seriously and who doesn't want to
see Nazis get their comeuppance?

But I'm somewhat suspicious of the Hollywood need to make something
like confronting/portraying the Nazi terror somehow palatable or
digestable or naively laughable with stupid Germans and an over the
top Hitler. (not that there's plenty of room for satire)

(it looks like a movie version of Pat Benatar's video Shadows of the
Night--check it out:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=66aqcOsnP2E)

But the whole torture porn aspect and truimphalism is just another
aspect I find distasteful--who wants to emulate a Nazi?  scalpings,
branding swastikas--phew

fwiw

rich


On 2/17/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I got to read the screenplay (or at least the version that was being passed
> round) and really loved it.  It's a camped-up alternative history concept.
> If the movie's true to the script, I think a lot of people on this list will
> like it.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pel3GE97evA
>
> Laura
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Feb 17, 2009 12:52 PM
>>To: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Re: Inglorious Bastards (2009)
>>
>>On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:51 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> wow, how profound--jews killing nazis
>>> that'll make me feel better about the Holocaust
>>
>>I don't think anyone's ever accused the NY Post of in-depth commentary ...
>
>