Another excellent video Pentex, you’re going from strength to strength. But I will respectfully disagree on this one - for me, Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s best written and best directed movie, his most mature piece of filmmaking and his masterpiece.
Pulp Fiction is my favorite, but Particularly love "The Bonnie Situation" and Prelude to "Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace's Wife" is a close second; funniest shit ever put to film.
The Hateful Eight was pretty damn powerful. There won't be many coming home. / No, there won't be many coming home. / Now there might be ten or twenty / Or maybe there won't be any / No, there won't be many coming home.
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was in high school and it was the first time I realized that movies can be a real form of art and something that can require great thought and effort in story telling.
With most movies you intentionally dissociate reality to compromise with the movie. You disregard that these are all actors and everything that happens is unrealistic to enjoy the movie. But at the same time you still know you're watching a movie and dialogou doesn't feel natural But with Tarantino movies you totally forget you're watching actors or a scene when watching it. The dialogou feels so natural and realistic and the way it's filmed totally puts you in. But at the same time you don't dissociate reality. You know you're watching a movie. You know Its fake. But you still enjoy the masterpiece like viewing a painting or a sculpture. You admire the scenery and acting and dialogou but at the same time it doesn't put you of the movie. It's weird to explain. When you're watching avengers you know it's all fake but you put your cognitive reality aside to enjoy it. But with Tarantino movies you don't have to. You can admire every thing about it while still being immersed in the movie. That's peak writing
5:34 shows why QT is such a great director. Someone criticized him and instead of taking it as an insult or refusing to change his ways even after proving they could be successful, he showed that he could overcome the criticisms. And after he had done so, he didn’t gloat, instead admitting that it was valid criticism at the time
I maintain that Landa didn’t know he was speaking to Shoshanna in the strudel scene. He has a feeling on the tip of his tongue, but it doesn’t click. But that doesn’t stop him from playing with the power he enjoys so much.
he also orders struedel, if I remember correctly. He also orders it with cream for Shoshanna. That's not kosher at all, so I think he was suspicious, but after she ate it, he wasn't anymore.
Agree. How could he know who she was? He never got a good look at her face from the farmhouse scene since she was running away, i.e. her hack was to him the entire time.
I just watched it, and I think that the ending where Landa gets marked after trying to weasel his way out of the wrong side of history was just the cherry on top. I was hoping they'd kill him, but I realized that leaving him alive under those conditions was literally perfect.
Well they had to let Landa move to the United States alive to remain historically accurate. The United States made deals with some of the worst Nazi war criminals, saved them from the trials, gave them citizenship, money, and lavish apartments in the United States in exchange for help against the soviets. This operation is called operation paperclip. Look it up and research it.
I didn't liked the idea that the main characters get killed that miserably ( especially STIGLITZ ) : I left the theater when the dying sniper shot the lady leaving the projection booth. Worst movie in my opinion !
@@Original-Phantom You are not even assuming it, and pretending it was not serious. Come on man, what is more cringe than a smarta$$ using girly emojis ???
I 100% agree. I have seen this film more times than I care to admit. In my, perhaps & probably unpopular opinion, I think it's better than 'Pulp Fiction' The tension is such that you literally feel the sweat beads starting to form as you watch it...especially the tavern scene. Absolutely masterful storytelling.
It’s better than Pulp Fiction for sure. And I’m still struggling to realize why OUATIH was so beloved. I’m not sure he’ll ever top the Basterds. It’s the most rewatchable of all his films.
@@KerioFive I know many love it, but it just didn’t pull me in as much. I know I will watch it again eventually, but not before I watch the Basterds another 12 times.
The opening scene and the tavern scene are two of Tarantino’s best ever shot. The authenticity of the language used, the genuineness of the dialogue is chefs kiss. I don’t think I’ve ever been so immersed in a conversation scene in a film before and it’s nearly all in German. Amazing movie and my favourite Tarantino.
The dynamics of the tavern scene were different for German viewers. In the German dubbed version they also re-dubbed Fassbender's German, taking away the effect because he had no accent at all (sadly they do it with most foreign films: no accents just plain standard German for every character). So all the talk about his strange accent and the Piz Palü bit seemed a bit off... But the second Michael Fassbender held up his three fingers everyone in a German cinema knew: He dead. Usually they do a good job translating/dubbing Tarantino movies into German, especially the newer ones after Basterds but this was a major flaw that could have been avoided relatively easy. But this scene also shows another thing: Tarantino's perceptiveness. Most people would just shrug off the different ways of counting with your fingers because it's a tiny peculiarity and you still understand: three fingers means "3", no matter which ones are shown. But he builds the climax of a whole, important scene around it. I wonder if he came up with it during the shoot, filming with so many Germans or if it was in the script from the start (and then where else he picked it up).
There was a supercut (which I unfortunately can’t find anymore) that uses the “correct” language in all the various scenes (i.e. Landa and LaPadite speak German, Faßbender has his accent, etc.) It’s the best version of the movie.
The tavern scene is better - in the opener, you know the farmer is cooked as soon as the cars appear from behind the laundry. In the tavern, Archie always expects to walk out of there, right until the moment he doesn’t. Then you get a wonderful actor’s moment from Fassbender, as he comes to understand he’s going to die. It’s all in his face, and it’s perfect. Rounded out, of course, by the bad motherfucker manner in which he switches back to English in a bar full of Germans. Damn good stuff.
@@UnleashthePhury I think the tavern scene is worse than the opener because a mistake snuck in. When Fassbender talks about the Pitz Palü movie he said: "...I, my father, my sister and my two brothers..." which is another cultural thing a german wouldn't do. We would place ourself last in the sentence but somehow Hellström didn't pick up on it.
@@laurencehoffelder1579 lets say he did pick up on it OR imo he knew all along and was toying with him to watch him give himself away even more. Amd had enough when he ordered 👌🏻glasses
@@laurencehoffelder1579 I think he did. He even mentions that he was tired of playing their games. He just waited until he truly fucked up with the "3 glasses" line
Nobody ever mentions the utter brilliance of the German language dialogue, especially in the tavern. Whoever wrote that absolutely knew what they were doing, rather than just translating for Tarantino. Native German speakers are treated to linguistic gems in there that aren't apparent in the subtitles.
Fun thing, I am a fluent German speaker. Went to see the movie with a friend. When the German dialogue scene with no subs comes around, I started translating for my friend, not knowing if the missing subs were a fluke or not. Two sentences in, guys in the row in front of us turn around, I apologize for talking in a cinema, and they are like: "No, no! We wanna hear what they are saying too." :D
@@BossBellini It's been a while since I've seen the film, but a scene that sticks out is the basement tavern scene. In particular when one of allies says he was born "im Schatten des Piz Palu" (in the shadow of Piz Palu". The "im Schatten" is nice, rather than just saying "I was born near the Piz Palu". Technically in Switzerland, it explains his accent. The use of certain colloquialisms throughout is also well done. I.e. calling the actress-spy a "Schlampe" (a slovenly or promiscuous woman) upon discovering her deceit. Things like that. I generally dislike films that include German dialogue as it's always ridiculously stilted and badly pronounced unless handled by a native or very accomplished German-speaker.
I didn’t see the Landa dinner scene like that, Landa didn’t know who Shoshana was in the strudel scene. He orders the milk because that’s in his character, while she’s been traumatized by the reminder of it from the farm. It was a close call though he almost remembered who she was but there has been a large time jump in the story at that point, so remembering every massacre, he’s committed, would’ve been harder and harder as time went on. Also if he knew who she was there he would’ve taken action near the end, not let her go.
Me personally I’m of the opinion that he knew and he takes deep pleasure in tormenting her for the rest of her life. He is smart enough to know she might do something about the nazis in her theater and I always thought this was when the wheels started turning for his betrayal. He needed an out and the scene where he kisses the napkin with von hammersmarcks name is the culmination of his plan. He’s incredibly shrewd to begin with so stopping a Jewish plot AT the theatre would benefit him especially since hitler was there making him a hero of the reich but he realized he could get a better “deal” the moment he realized where the basterds were going and how effective they are at killing nazis. Letting Shoshonna live with trauma he inflicted was a bonus although she never really lived with it for long
When David Bowie's music kicked in, I knew it's absolutely gonna be one of my favorite movies of all time. Then Waltz's "That's a bingo!" solidified its place.
Loved your analysis, definitely one of if not my favourite Tarantino-movie aswell... Your analysis actually made me appreciate and admire the film even more... Though I can't believe that you didn't mention the significance of the hand gesture in the bar scene, one of the most ingenious movie-moments of all time... I even have a giant framed movie-poster of "Inglourious Basterds" hanging on my blood-red wall in my living-room... By the way, I am from Germany, my name is actually "Maximilian" and I always loved the fact, that the german soldier in the bar scene who celebrates that he has become a father named his newborn son "Maximilian"... Who unfortunately is going to grow up as a half-orphan, but still
The significance of the hand gesture is explained in the movie itself so I didn't want to repeat that, but in the tavern scene breakdown I do highlight that moment, which I absolutely love. Glad you love the film too, and I enjoy the personal connection you have to it - maybe get a souvenir napkin To Max from Bridget von Hammersmark?
I love how this movie can be edge of your seat intense in some scenes like the opening to laugh out loud hilarious in others (Brad Pitt trying to speak Italian is one of the funniest things I’ve seen from any film NGL)
Just found your channel yesterday, couldn’t be happier because you cover so many of my favorite topics. Great work on this video, can’t wait to see what else you do
I believe that Birds Eye shot of Hans Landa was rat hawk imagery from his earlier metaphor. You can see it later when she runs into the field. The dynamic with Landa and Aldo in the end is amazing because Landa has no idea about Aldo's language or what hes thinking and has none of the power
This is also my favourite film of all time, total perfection. You could have given a better shout out to August Diehl , that was also masterful casting.
I'd never seen Inglorious before last night, the film is incredible, I love how even the Americans are portrayed as monsters despite being the "good guys." I also love how Frederick was first shown off as a young private who was just in love with movies, and moreover Shoshana, but as the story goes on he gets more and more distant, until the final act in where we're reminded "Oh no, he's a Nazi, he's the bad guy." I also love how Landa ends up weaselling his way out of the consequences, only to be permanently and shamefully scared with a swastika, again this film is incredible.
Got to admit its one of my favorite films of all time, and its important to say i watched this movie without any tipe of spoiler not even a trailer and i genuinely thought it was story about one of the many attempts on hitlers life, well that until he was mag dumped twice and i absolutely blasted in laughter (just me) in a full theater hahaha. I also think the tavern sequence is one of the best in the movie, man was i on the edge of my seat during does 22 minutes. Brilhant analysis, great content!
In my opinion this is truly Tarantino's magnum opus. This movie feels like Tarantino's sandbox, as if he's just having fun, spitting ideas, creating this bizzare world and story flow that feels like JoJo's Bizzare Adventures. It goes like a fteestyle of ideas and I love how Tarantino toys with the viewer, throwing him from thrilling drama and bloody murders to comedy. It is just so freeform jazz. The scenes are also sublimely filmed and beautifully crafted. It is just perhaps the most beautiful combination of ambitious artistry and batshit insanity. Love it!
Saw this in the theater and got goosebumps when Brad Pitt said, "I think might just be my masterpiece." Tarantino couldn't have made it any clearer how proud of this film he is. I felt exactly the same way at that moment. And my opinion hasn't changed since.
i love how this movie has real charakters in it. It makes it more grounded in a way. also for the end of your video, im german and i forgive you, your welcome.
Christoph Waltz is such a great actor. He seems like an actual nice guy. He was so likable in Django and I’m surprised QT did think of him right away when writing this film.
For me this and Django Unchained are by far my favorite Tarantino films partially cuz I’m a history buff but also because there the most rewatchable arguable
Sorry in advance for the Long Post, but this is a underappreciated aspect IMO. I wholeheartedly agree to your analysis. There is one more point that makes this movie stand out: As a German, I‘m often flummoxed when characters speak German in the original version (Movies are routinely dubbed very professionally into German). I do like both versions most of the time, because I can handle the original and like the quality of German synchronisation. However, When the movie is logically set with English speaking characters, who at some points have to speak German, synchronisation becomes strange. Because how do you logically signal that the characters who spoke German the whole time (dubbed) now speak German natively (also dubbed)? The German patient in Scrubs I’d Danish in the German version and given a sort of danish accent. I‘m not sure if I explained that in an understandable way. The second problem is that even if characters are supposed to speak (near) perfect German, they more often than not don‘t. At all. The aforementioned German patient in Scrubs talks absolute gibberish in the original version. There are a few exceptions, actors who either are from Germany originally or lived/grew up here or were brought up multilingual (because of a German parent, for instance). Sandra Bullock is a great example. Thirdly, not only most actors struggle, but seemingly also writers, as they just don‘t understand that German has different grammar. So, even ok-ish pronounced German lines often sound stupid, especially if the character is supposed to be German. The same is true for other languages, but as a native German, this is the one I can say most about. Now, what is different (and brilliant) here? Tarantino made a movie in three languages. He cast actors who are native in those languages, or he explained why they have accents. Either he knows a lot about German and Frensh grammar and the way people talk, or he worked with good translators (or even the actors). As far as I noticed, the movie doesn‘t have one German line spoken by a German character that is grammatically incorrect or lacks realism in the manner of speaking (same goes for the Frensh lines, but my school Frensh is a bit rusty). And THIS is a level of attention to detail, to realism, and to respect for the different languages that makes this movie even more of a masterpiece as it is when you don‘t (or can‘t) appreciate this factor (which, for instance, is lost in the existing German dubbed version, where all the levels of language barriers and especially Christoph Waltz‘s extraordinary multilingual performance are lost).
I always wondered how this film was presented in Germany, where as you say it's common to dub foreign films. The use of language is such an important part of this movie, and dubbing it would remove that aspect entirely. Both the tavern scene and the ending with the Italian dialogue it is crucial to know who is speaking what language at any one time. I actually had a section in an early draft of my script about it that I cut because it didn't flow well, but you might be interested in it: "This scene also shows why it is so important for the characters to be speaking their native languages - or not, as the case may be. Less than half of the dialogue in this movie is English, and it isn’t spoken at all during chapter three. Not only does this make the film more realistic, but it also serves a narrative purpose. If you were undercover during the war, then your command of the enemy language was essential to not being caught. Tarantino saw the dramatic potential in that, and that’s what we see in the tavern."
@@PentexProductions the Movie was shown - which is uncommon - both in the original version (and, mostly, subtitled) and the German dub. Usually, the ov is a special feature in some cinemas. And I know one cinema that exclusively shows ov in Munich (there are likely others). There are some films I don‘t like the Prachtexemplar of dubbing (if it‘s half-hearted, that is). I watched Tim Burton‘s Sweeny Todd, where they dubbed spoken lines, but subtitled the songs - different voices, and even some spoken words or lines during songs were dubbed. It was hilariously bad.
About the smoking part. I am not sure if this is just an overlook or Tarantino and Waltz are purposefully playing mind games with the audience of the interviews. But the way Landa uses both his pipe and handles his cigarette points out that even if he does not smoke actively at the time, he at least used to be a frequent smoker of both. First thing, the pipe. If you are not smoking a pipe frequently, chances are you will load the pipe wrong, you wont be able to light it correctly, or you wont be able to sustain it burning effectively enough to smoke it. He does it perfectly. With the cigarette, he has mannerism, like a specific way of holding it, "beating it" on the table so it wont be loose (non smoker would not think about that) or the way he bows out the lighter, instead of closing it.
Rewatching again for the fourth? .. fifth? .. time. I heartily agree that the tavern scene is perhaps the best scene in the entire movie, and creates as much or more tension than the opening.
It took me about 90s to figure out *you* were the penguin mispronouncing things. Not that there is a penguin in Inglorious Basterds, which I was trying to place.
On top of everything said in this video, I also love the fact that this movie is one of the few movies where the bad guy wins but still gets his comeuppance. Hans Landa manages to weasel his way out of the war almost Scott free. Almost. Thats because the one thing he didn’t account for was Aldo’s cruelty. And so the one blemish of his plan quite literally manifests as the blemish of a swastika scar on his forehead that forever marks him as the nazi he is. No amount of deception and cunning will ever remove that scar. His victory then means nothing, now that everyone can see his true nature just by looking at his face.
If I may say my two cents, It's therapeutic for some people, that's all the reason Quinten needed I'm not a Jew, my mother studied the holocaust/Shoah so I got the details at like 5 or 6. And we got a lot of hands on phycology experience If a Jewish guy/girl feels powerless (wish is understandable sinds history exist) This move may help For the rest, just movie on if you don't like it
One of the things that's spoken less is the obsession of Fredrick zoller with Shoshanna. At the end before they kill each other, I could see on Shoshanna face first the annoyance with zoller, then the fear of his obsession with her as he forcefully enters the projection room, then the resolve to kill him and finally at last pity, guilt and maybe even a bit of care as she nears the dying zoller before being shot herself.
I think the issue with the Jewish debate is that both sides committed atrocities of some sort, nazis were so much worse but saying that it wasn’t possible that if the basterds really existed
By casting two unbelievable actors to play the Nazis, and Fassbender to play his role. And Stiglitz, Bear Jew, and some other badasses. Thats it. Writing amazing scenes also. The only problem i have with that spectacular shootout scene is how quickly the other Germans react and start shooting. They should be stunned and take so much time to realize whats happening. And that young soldiers starts spraying with mp40 at his undeniable officers? Nobody says that they are Allies. It looks like just a drunken shootout. So why the hell would some loser, drunken soldier start shooting at them?
The Tavern scene hits different if you caught his mistake right off. I'm not German, but I took two years of German in high school, and my teacher was very strict about us counting correctly on our fingers. Upon my first viewing of the movie, I had some hope that they were going to make it out of there, and then he indicates 3 on his fingers, and I just stared at his hand, and started chanting "oh no, oh no, oh no".
Just Subscribed because of this video. If I didn't own a copy I'd watch something else on RUclips or another video of yours, but this was so good how could I not pop-in Bastards right now?
As an American of (partially) Hebrew descent, I gotta say that the soldier known to the German Army as The Bear Jew is pretty much the happy dream of every one of us.
The unexplained rope burn on Aldo’s neck, is far more interesting than spelling “Basterds” with an “e”. Sorry Tarantino, but misspelling a word isn’t as much of an artistic flourish as you think it is. Nevertheless, this is his undisputed masterpiece.
I agree, but I think people made a bigger deal out of the spelling than was necessary. Like, does it really matter? But then again, here we are still talking about it 11 years later...
If you want to see big praise for the movie, look no further than its german release. In Germany, the use of Nazi Insignia is VERY highly restricted. It's almost exclusively for documentaries, you have to be respectful and cannot glorify or downplay the Nazi atrocities. Inglorious Basterds, while having to "scrub" the advertising, got permission to show any and all insignia in the movie.
Great essay! But Ennio Morricone's piece "The Surrender" from the "bravery scene" is not from a Sergio Leone film but from another Sergio. Sergio Sollima's "The Big Gundown".
« There will be violence and swearing… » Pleonastic statement when added to a Tarantino flick review/essay! The opposite would most probably NOT cover Tarantino’s work properly.
Hans Landa does not know that Emmanuelle Mimieux is Shosanna Dreyfuss. He is playing power moves to see if she breaks, but by the end (after he coerces her to break kosher--the strudel, made with lard, topped with cream), she has allayed all suspicions he may have. Shosanna is long out of his mind. In a line of dialogue that did not make the film, he detailed her expected fate. She would be found and turned in elsewhere or turn up dead in the woods. Maybe, just maybe, the homeless, starving orphan would find her way to America. He has no reason that Shosanna survived the escape and in a short span of time, acquired such a tremendous property. He was likely not suspicious of Emmanuelle at all, as she was being dragged into the mess. He was simply doing what he does best, and making her sweat (because it's his job). It's a terrific scene.
With all due respect to Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds is Tarantinos masterpiece. I was working at a movie theater in my early 20's when this movie came out. I remember walking into the theater during the tavern scene and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. And the whole scene is in German...which of course I don't speak. I love Pulp Fiction. It's a great movie. But what bothers be about it is that it's the de facto "best Tarantino movie". It's like that band that has an amazing debut album (I know Pulp Fiction is not his first film), but years down the road they make an even better album but nobody wants to admit it because they still can't get over the debut. In fact, it's not even that cool to like Pulp Fiction anymore. Basic! You know what IS cool? Inglorious Basterds.
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What's your favourite Tarantino movie?
This one.
Another excellent video Pentex, you’re going from strength to strength. But I will respectfully disagree on this one - for me, Jackie Brown is Tarantino’s best written and best directed movie, his most mature piece of filmmaking and his masterpiece.
H8ful 8. *n't I stinker?
Reservoir Dogs.
Pulp Fiction is my favorite, but Particularly love "The Bonnie Situation" and Prelude to "Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace's Wife" is a close second; funniest shit ever put to film.
After this and django unchained I cant imagine not having Christoph Waltz in cinema.
Christoph Waltz was amazing in both.. and I cried when he died in django
The Hateful Eight was pretty damn powerful.
There won't be many coming home. / No, there won't be many coming home. / Now there might be ten or twenty / Or maybe there won't be any / No, there won't be many coming home.
Watch “the consultant” and you’ll realize how woefully overrated he is lol
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You always need a good writer with a great actor. That's the winning combination. Like the lead singer and guitarist in a rock band.
I saw this movie in the theatre when I was in high school and it was the first time I realized that movies can be a real form of art and something that can require great thought and effort in story telling.
With most movies you intentionally dissociate reality to compromise with the movie. You disregard that these are all actors and everything that happens is unrealistic to enjoy the movie. But at the same time you still know you're watching a movie and dialogou doesn't feel natural
But with Tarantino movies you totally forget you're watching actors or a scene when watching it. The dialogou feels so natural and realistic and the way it's filmed totally puts you in. But at the same time you don't dissociate reality. You know you're watching a movie. You know Its fake. But you still enjoy the masterpiece like viewing a painting or a sculpture. You admire the scenery and acting and dialogou but at the same time it doesn't put you of the movie. It's weird to explain. When you're watching avengers you know it's all fake but you put your cognitive reality aside to enjoy it. But with Tarantino movies you don't have to. You can admire every thing about it while still being immersed in the movie. That's peak writing
5:34 shows why QT is such a great director. Someone criticized him and instead of taking it as an insult or refusing to change his ways even after proving they could be successful, he showed that he could overcome the criticisms. And after he had done so, he didn’t gloat, instead admitting that it was valid criticism at the time
For me the best line has to be, You know, fightin' in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you're fightin' in a basement!
My mom quotes that line all the time😂
That's a fight club reference i guess😂
Not exactly Rosebud, Frankly Scarlett i Don't give a Damn or It was Beauty that Killed the Beast. Vincent Price did better line readings.
I maintain that Landa didn’t know he was speaking to Shoshanna in the strudel scene. He has a feeling on the tip of his tongue, but it doesn’t click. But that doesn’t stop him from playing with the power he enjoys so much.
Well, they were still hunting Jews. He probably suspected but didn't know exactly who she was.
he also orders struedel, if I remember correctly. He also orders it with cream for Shoshanna. That's not kosher at all, so I think he was suspicious, but after she ate it, he wasn't anymore.
Agree. How could he know who she was? He never got a good look at her face from the farmhouse scene since she was running away, i.e. her hack was to him the entire time.
He orders her a glass of "milk" with the strudel. Her father was a dairy farmer, correct? Might be a stretch tho.
Not her father. Perrier LaPadite was the dairy farmer that sheltered Shoshanna's family until Landa came to visit.
I just watched it, and I think that the ending where Landa gets marked after trying to weasel his way out of the wrong side of history was just the cherry on top. I was hoping they'd kill him, but I realized that leaving him alive under those conditions was literally perfect.
Well they had to let Landa move to the United States alive to remain historically accurate. The United States made deals with some of the worst Nazi war criminals, saved them from the trials, gave them citizenship, money, and lavish apartments in the United States in exchange for help against the soviets. This operation is called operation paperclip. Look it up and research it.
I always like the idea that the end of the movie where Aldo says "This might just be my masterpiece" is Tarantino talking to The Audience.
I didn't liked the idea that the main characters get killed that miserably ( especially STIGLITZ ) : I left the theater when the dying sniper shot the lady leaving the projection booth. Worst movie in my opinion !
@@jemlesvideo man up
@@Original-Phantom I am not the one getting upset by a critic on a movie I liked here, so look at a mirror...
@@jemlesvideo my comment wasn’t meant to be taken seriously 😂, im not upset 😭 you’re cringe bro
@@Original-Phantom You are not even assuming it, and pretending it was not serious. Come on man, what is more cringe than a smarta$$ using girly emojis ???
I 100% agree. I have seen this film more times than I care to admit. In my, perhaps & probably unpopular opinion, I think it's better than 'Pulp Fiction' The tension is such that you literally feel the sweat beads starting to form as you watch it...especially the tavern scene. Absolutely masterful storytelling.
It’s better than Pulp Fiction for sure. And I’m still struggling to realize why OUATIH was so beloved. I’m not sure he’ll ever top the Basterds. It’s the most rewatchable of all his films.
@@stevenbatke4167 I would argue OUATIH is his most rewatchable
@@KerioFive I know many love it, but it just didn’t pull me in as much. I know I will watch it again eventually, but not before I watch the Basterds another 12 times.
The opening scene and the tavern scene are two of Tarantino’s best ever shot. The authenticity of the language used, the genuineness of the dialogue is chefs kiss. I don’t think I’ve ever been so immersed in a conversation scene in a film before and it’s nearly all in German. Amazing movie and my favourite Tarantino.
@@Jazzanaught Amen to that!
The dynamics of the tavern scene were different for German viewers. In the German dubbed version they also re-dubbed Fassbender's German, taking away the effect because he had no accent at all (sadly they do it with most foreign films: no accents just plain standard German for every character). So all the talk about his strange accent and the Piz Palü bit seemed a bit off... But the second Michael Fassbender held up his three fingers everyone in a German cinema knew: He dead.
Usually they do a good job translating/dubbing Tarantino movies into German, especially the newer ones after Basterds but this was a major flaw that could have been avoided relatively easy.
But this scene also shows another thing: Tarantino's perceptiveness. Most people would just shrug off the different ways of counting with your fingers because it's a tiny peculiarity and you still understand: three fingers means "3", no matter which ones are shown. But he builds the climax of a whole, important scene around it.
I wonder if he came up with it during the shoot, filming with so many Germans or if it was in the script from the start (and then where else he picked it up).
It actually happened in WW2 some operative gave themselves away
Read some of the Basterds script - From what I remember, the three fingers was in the script.
There was a supercut (which I unfortunately can’t find anymore) that uses the “correct” language in all the various scenes (i.e. Landa and LaPadite speak German, Faßbender has his accent, etc.)
It’s the best version of the movie.
Finally, someone who also think that the tavern scene is better than the opening scene.
The tavern scene is better - in the opener, you know the farmer is cooked as soon as the cars appear from behind the laundry.
In the tavern, Archie always expects to walk out of there, right until the moment he doesn’t.
Then you get a wonderful actor’s moment from Fassbender, as he comes to understand he’s going to die. It’s all in his face, and it’s perfect.
Rounded out, of course, by the bad motherfucker manner in which he switches back to English in a bar full of Germans.
Damn good stuff.
@@UnleashthePhury I think the tavern scene is worse than the opener because a mistake snuck in. When Fassbender talks about the Pitz Palü movie he said: "...I, my father, my sister and my two brothers..." which is another cultural thing a german wouldn't do. We would place ourself last in the sentence but somehow Hellström didn't pick up on it.
Me too 🤚🏽
@@laurencehoffelder1579 lets say he did pick up on it OR imo he knew all along and was toying with him to watch him give himself away even more. Amd had enough when he ordered 👌🏻glasses
@@laurencehoffelder1579 I think he did. He even mentions that he was tired of playing their games. He just waited until he truly fucked up with the "3 glasses" line
Nobody ever mentions the utter brilliance of the German language dialogue, especially in the tavern. Whoever wrote that absolutely knew what they were doing, rather than just translating for Tarantino. Native German speakers are treated to linguistic gems in there that aren't apparent in the subtitles.
Fun thing, I am a fluent German speaker. Went to see the movie with a friend. When the German dialogue scene with no subs comes around, I started translating for my friend, not knowing if the missing subs were a fluke or not. Two sentences in, guys in the row in front of us turn around, I apologize for talking in a cinema, and they are like: "No, no! We wanna hear what they are saying too." :D
them german dialogues were so cool. even more to being mixed up to french with a touch of italian instead of being straight english
Would you be as kind as highlight some?
@@BossBellini It's been a while since I've seen the film, but a scene that sticks out is the basement tavern scene. In particular when one of allies says he was born "im Schatten des Piz Palu" (in the shadow of Piz Palu". The "im Schatten" is nice, rather than just saying "I was born near the Piz Palu". Technically in Switzerland, it explains his accent. The use of certain colloquialisms throughout is also well done. I.e. calling the actress-spy a "Schlampe" (a slovenly or promiscuous woman) upon discovering her deceit. Things like that. I generally dislike films that include German dialogue as it's always ridiculously stilted and badly pronounced unless handled by a native or very accomplished German-speaker.
@@ChrisReher Thanks so much for taking the time to reply.
I didn’t see the Landa dinner scene like that, Landa didn’t know who Shoshana was in the strudel scene. He orders the milk because that’s in his character, while she’s been traumatized by the reminder of it from the farm. It was a close call though he almost remembered who she was but there has been a large time jump in the story at that point, so remembering every massacre, he’s committed, would’ve been harder and harder as time went on. Also if he knew who she was there he would’ve taken action near the end, not let her go.
Me personally I’m of the opinion that he knew and he takes deep pleasure in tormenting her for the rest of her life. He is smart enough to know she might do something about the nazis in her theater and I always thought this was when the wheels started turning for his betrayal. He needed an out and the scene where he kisses the napkin with von hammersmarcks name is the culmination of his plan. He’s incredibly shrewd to begin with so stopping a Jewish plot AT the theatre would benefit him especially since hitler was there making him a hero of the reich but he realized he could get a better “deal” the moment he realized where the basterds were going and how effective they are at killing nazis. Letting Shoshonna live with trauma he inflicted was a bonus although she never really lived with it for long
That 'arrivederci' at the end was hilarious. Great video.
When David Bowie's music kicked in, I knew it's absolutely gonna be one of my favorite movies of all time.
Then Waltz's "That's a bingo!" solidified its place.
QT used “Cat People(Putting Out the Fire) better than the actual movie “Cat People”!
I’m binge-watching reviews of this amazing movie, such is my love for this particular masterpiece….
My favorite Tarantino film. Just a beautiful charm to all characters.
Until they get mostly killed... Not enjoyable at all especially when these characters are sold like war machines !
Loved your analysis, definitely one of if not my favourite Tarantino-movie aswell... Your analysis actually made me appreciate and admire the film even more... Though I can't believe that you didn't mention the significance of the hand gesture in the bar scene, one of the most ingenious movie-moments of all time... I even have a giant framed movie-poster of "Inglourious Basterds" hanging on my blood-red wall in my living-room... By the way, I am from Germany, my name is actually "Maximilian" and I always loved the fact, that the german soldier in the bar scene who celebrates that he has become a father named his newborn son "Maximilian"... Who unfortunately is going to grow up as a half-orphan, but still
The significance of the hand gesture is explained in the movie itself so I didn't want to repeat that, but in the tavern scene breakdown I do highlight that moment, which I absolutely love. Glad you love the film too, and I enjoy the personal connection you have to it - maybe get a souvenir napkin To Max from Bridget von Hammersmark?
He shouldve stayed in his table like the enlisted man that he is. 🤣✌️
The hand gesture giveaway happened in real life
I love how this movie can be edge of your seat intense in some scenes like the opening to laugh out loud hilarious in others (Brad Pitt trying to speak Italian is one of the funniest things I’ve seen from any film NGL)
Not only is this my favorite Tarantino movie, it’s my favorite movie of all time
Just found your channel yesterday, couldn’t be happier because you cover so many of my favorite topics. Great work on this video, can’t wait to see what else you do
I believe that Birds Eye shot of Hans Landa was rat hawk imagery from his earlier metaphor. You can see it later when she runs into the field. The dynamic with Landa and Aldo in the end is amazing because Landa has no idea about Aldo's language or what hes thinking and has none of the power
Inglorious Basterds
an absolute masterpiece of cinema.
Your film analysis is some of the best I've ever seen
Thanks so much!
Man you're really underrated. The level of depth in your film analysis is just insane. You deserve wayy more views and subs my guy.
Tell your friends!
This is also my favourite film of all time, total perfection. You could have given a better shout out to August Diehl , that was also masterful casting.
Tarantino is the man who kills Hitler and lets Sharon Tate live.
We should send Tarantino back in time if we ever get a time machine, he’ll be earths greatest hero
I'd never seen Inglorious before last night, the film is incredible, I love how even the Americans are portrayed as monsters despite being the "good guys." I also love how Frederick was first shown off as a young private who was just in love with movies, and moreover Shoshana, but as the story goes on he gets more and more distant, until the final act in where we're reminded "Oh no, he's a Nazi, he's the bad guy." I also love how Landa ends up weaselling his way out of the consequences, only to be permanently and shamefully scared with a swastika, again this film is incredible.
Got to admit its one of my favorite films of all time, and its important to say i watched this movie without any tipe of spoiler not even a trailer and i genuinely thought it was story about one of the many attempts on hitlers life, well that until he was mag dumped twice and i absolutely blasted in laughter (just me) in a full theater hahaha. I also think the tavern sequence is one of the best in the movie, man was i on the edge of my seat during does 22 minutes. Brilhant analysis, great content!
In my opinion this is truly Tarantino's magnum opus. This movie feels like Tarantino's sandbox, as if he's just having fun, spitting ideas, creating this bizzare world and story flow that feels like JoJo's Bizzare Adventures. It goes like a fteestyle of ideas and I love how Tarantino toys with the viewer, throwing him from thrilling drama and bloody murders to comedy. It is just so freeform jazz. The scenes are also sublimely filmed and beautifully crafted. It is just perhaps the most beautiful combination of ambitious artistry and batshit insanity. Love it!
Cue in the Hugo Stiglitz guitar riff.
An absolute masterpiece of a movie. Your video was amazing and absolutely spot on. That movie was absolutely incredibly awesome.
Saw this in the theater and got goosebumps when Brad Pitt said, "I think might just be my masterpiece." Tarantino couldn't have made it any clearer how proud of this film he is. I felt exactly the same way at that moment. And my opinion hasn't changed since.
Great commentary, and I agree with everything you said. And now I have to watch Inglorious Basterds again. 😊😅
I was over a decade late but I’m so happy and in awe from my first watch. Time flew by! Thanks for explaining magic that captivated me!
Incredibly under rated channel wow. You sir deserve more subs thanks for the video's
YES FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT MICHAEL FASSBENDER AND THE TAVERN SCENE!!!
Fascinating, insightful and thought-provoking... Kapai and Kia KAHA, Kuywuy...✊😉👍
Chur!
i love how this movie has real charakters in it. It makes it more grounded in a way. also for the end of your video, im german and i forgive you, your welcome.
Danke schön :)
@@PentexProductions gern geschehen Sportsfreund
''Some people criticized it's 'historical accuracy?!'" Lololololololololololololololololol
Man you deserve way more consistent views on your vids they are great
Christoph Waltz is such a great actor. He seems like an actual nice guy. He was so likable in Django and I’m surprised QT did think of him right away when writing this film.
Pulp Fiction is my favourite Tarantino film, but I see why this is his masterpiece. And I have to agree.
For me this and Django Unchained are by far my favorite Tarantino films partially cuz I’m a history buff but also because there the most rewatchable arguable
Sorry in advance for the Long Post, but this is a underappreciated aspect IMO.
I wholeheartedly agree to your analysis. There is one more point that makes this movie stand out: As a German, I‘m often flummoxed when characters speak German in the original version (Movies are routinely dubbed very professionally into German). I do like both versions most of the time, because I can handle the original and like the quality of German synchronisation. However, When the movie is logically set with English speaking characters, who at some points have to speak German, synchronisation becomes strange. Because how do you logically signal that the characters who spoke German the whole time (dubbed) now speak German natively (also dubbed)? The German patient in Scrubs I’d Danish in the German version and given a sort of danish accent. I‘m not sure if I explained that in an understandable way. The second problem is that even if characters are supposed to speak (near) perfect German, they more often than not don‘t. At all. The aforementioned German patient in Scrubs talks absolute gibberish in the original version. There are a few exceptions, actors who either are from Germany originally or lived/grew up here or were brought up multilingual (because of a German parent, for instance). Sandra Bullock is a great example. Thirdly, not only most actors struggle, but seemingly also writers, as they just don‘t understand that German has different grammar. So, even ok-ish pronounced German lines often sound stupid, especially if the character is supposed to be German.
The same is true for other languages, but as a native German, this is the one I can say most about.
Now, what is different (and brilliant) here? Tarantino made a movie in three languages. He cast actors who are native in those languages, or he explained why they have accents. Either he knows a lot about German and Frensh grammar and the way people talk, or he worked with good translators (or even the actors). As far as I noticed, the movie doesn‘t have one German line spoken by a German character that is grammatically incorrect or lacks realism in the manner of speaking (same goes for the Frensh lines, but my school Frensh is a bit rusty). And THIS is a level of attention to detail, to realism, and to respect for the different languages that makes this movie even more of a masterpiece as it is when you don‘t (or can‘t) appreciate this factor (which, for instance, is lost in the existing German dubbed version, where all the levels of language barriers and especially Christoph Waltz‘s extraordinary multilingual performance are lost).
I always wondered how this film was presented in Germany, where as you say it's common to dub foreign films. The use of language is such an important part of this movie, and dubbing it would remove that aspect entirely. Both the tavern scene and the ending with the Italian dialogue it is crucial to know who is speaking what language at any one time. I actually had a section in an early draft of my script about it that I cut because it didn't flow well, but you might be interested in it:
"This scene also shows why it is so important for the characters to be speaking their native languages - or not, as the case may be. Less than half of the dialogue in this movie is English, and it isn’t spoken at all during chapter three. Not only does this make the film more realistic, but it also serves a narrative purpose. If you were undercover during the war, then your command of the enemy language was essential to not being caught. Tarantino saw the dramatic potential in that, and that’s what we see in the tavern."
@@PentexProductions the Movie was shown - which is uncommon - both in the original version (and, mostly, subtitled) and the German dub. Usually, the ov is a special feature in some cinemas. And I know one cinema that exclusively shows ov in Munich (there are likely others).
There are some films I don‘t like the Prachtexemplar of dubbing (if it‘s half-hearted, that is). I watched Tim Burton‘s Sweeny Todd, where they dubbed spoken lines, but subtitled the songs - different voices, and even some spoken words or lines during songs were dubbed. It was hilariously bad.
Obviously most people think PF is QT's masterpiece but i think This is his greatest film (great minds think alike)
Modern masterpieces are truly an amazing feat
Pulp Fiction will always be my favorite movie.
Reservoir Dogs is my favorite Tarantino flick.
Inglourious Basterds is hands down his best movie.
The Vile Eye's Analyzing Evil video is great!
Brad Pitt has amazing comedic chops, I feel sometimes he's underrated in this area.
0:12 You forgot about feet
Underrated comment
I'm so glad you posted on Reddit. Now I look forward to all your vids when you post them.
Thanks heaps! Hope you're subscribed so they appear on your RUclips feed as well :)
The scene in the bar and the tension is cinematic brillance
I just completely agree with every take in this video. thanks for making this!
Hes had 3 masterpieces
1. Pulp Fiction
2. Django Unchained
3. inglorious Bstars
Those are top 10s for me. Only behind back to the future 1.
About the smoking part.
I am not sure if this is just an overlook or Tarantino and Waltz are purposefully playing mind games with the audience of the interviews.
But the way Landa uses both his pipe and handles his cigarette points out that even if he does not smoke actively at the time, he at least used to be a frequent smoker of both.
First thing, the pipe. If you are not smoking a pipe frequently, chances are you will load the pipe wrong, you wont be able to light it correctly, or you wont be able to sustain it burning effectively enough to smoke it. He does it perfectly.
With the cigarette, he has mannerism, like a specific way of holding it, "beating it" on the table so it wont be loose (non smoker would not think about that) or the way he bows out the lighter, instead of closing it.
Rewatching again for the fourth? .. fifth? .. time.
I heartily agree that the tavern scene is perhaps the best scene in the entire movie, and creates as much or more tension than the opening.
It's a hill I will die on
I really enjoyed the analysis. Thanks for posting.
Loved the video liked and subbed
Welcome!
Loved Inglourious Basterds. My favourite Tarantino movie.
It took me about 90s to figure out *you* were the penguin mispronouncing things. Not that there is a penguin in Inglorious Basterds, which I was trying to place.
Pretty much relatable!
On top of everything said in this video, I also love the fact that this movie is one of the few movies where the bad guy wins but still gets his comeuppance. Hans Landa manages to weasel his way out of the war almost Scott free. Almost.
Thats because the one thing he didn’t account for was Aldo’s cruelty. And so the one blemish of his plan quite literally manifests as the blemish of a swastika scar on his forehead that forever marks him as the nazi he is. No amount of deception and cunning will ever remove that scar. His victory then means nothing, now that everyone can see his true nature just by looking at his face.
My favorite film of all time. Absolute perfection.
If I may say my two cents,
It's therapeutic for some people, that's all the reason Quinten needed
I'm not a Jew, my mother studied the holocaust/Shoah so I got the details at like 5 or 6. And we got a lot of hands on phycology experience
If a Jewish guy/girl feels powerless (wish is understandable sinds history exist) This move may help
For the rest, just movie on if you don't like it
How did Lans recognize Soshana if he didn't get to look at her face in the beginning of the movie??
For me, Inglourious Basterds truly is the absolute best Quentin Tarantino film. 100% his masterpiece.
One of the things that's spoken less is the obsession of Fredrick zoller with Shoshanna. At the end before they kill each other, I could see on Shoshanna face first the annoyance with zoller, then the fear of his obsession with her as he forcefully enters the projection room, then the resolve to kill him and finally at last pity, guilt and maybe even a bit of care as she nears the dying zoller before being shot herself.
Why is this damn penguin so cute?
Excellent movie. It's one of my favourites. In fact, I'm going to watch it now. Great video. 🇦🇺 😊
I think the issue with the Jewish debate is that both sides committed atrocities of some sort, nazis were so much worse but saying that it wasn’t possible that if the basterds really existed
By casting two unbelievable actors to play the Nazis, and Fassbender to play his role. And Stiglitz, Bear Jew, and some other badasses. Thats it.
Writing amazing scenes also.
The only problem i have with that spectacular shootout scene is how quickly the other Germans react and start shooting. They should be stunned and take so much time to realize whats happening. And that young soldiers starts spraying with mp40 at his undeniable officers? Nobody says that they are Allies. It looks like just a drunken shootout. So why the hell would some loser, drunken soldier start shooting at them?
My uncle used to have a dog named "Hugo".
That bastard was a hell of a snake killer.
Guess the badassery comes with the name.
The Tavern scene hits different if you caught his mistake right off. I'm not German, but I took two years of German in high school, and my teacher was very strict about us counting correctly on our fingers. Upon my first viewing of the movie, I had some hope that they were going to make it out of there, and then he indicates 3 on his fingers, and I just stared at his hand, and started chanting "oh no, oh no, oh no".
I think he did a great job analyzing this masterpiece...or that's a bingo!
It's either Basterds or Hollywood. Just for the fun rides. I laughed hysterically at the end of Hollywood, though.
Nice video man! You gained a new subscriber
I was literally thinking about this film a few days ago
There's lots in it to think about!
Just Subscribed because of this video. If I didn't own a copy I'd watch something else on RUclips or another video of yours, but this was so good how could I not pop-in Bastards right now?
It's never a bad time to rewatch Basterds.
I agree, one of the best movies ever made. Simply a masterpiece.
As an American of (partially) Hebrew descent, I gotta say that the soldier known to the German Army as The Bear Jew is pretty much the happy dream of every one of us.
New Zealand accents are the best, I’m sure any language sounds like poetry spoken by a kiwi. Love it heaps. ❤
The unexplained rope burn on Aldo’s neck, is far more interesting than spelling “Basterds” with an “e”.
Sorry Tarantino, but misspelling a word isn’t as much of an artistic flourish as you think it is.
Nevertheless, this is his undisputed masterpiece.
I agree, but I think people made a bigger deal out of the spelling than was necessary. Like, does it really matter? But then again, here we are still talking about it 11 years later...
Bravo
If you want to see big praise for the movie, look no further than its german release. In Germany, the use of Nazi Insignia is VERY highly restricted. It's almost exclusively for documentaries, you have to be respectful and cannot glorify or downplay the Nazi atrocities. Inglorious Basterds, while having to "scrub" the advertising, got permission to show any and all insignia in the movie.
Great essay! But Ennio Morricone's piece "The Surrender" from the "bravery scene" is not from a Sergio Leone film but from another Sergio. Sergio Sollima's "The Big Gundown".
My mistake, thanks for catching that.
The guy who they kill in the first scene is old enough to have gotten that medal in WW1 FYI
The opening scene and the bar scene👌
I watched this movie 2 days ago for the first time, I'm so glad i didn't watch it when it came out... since i was just 4...
Great video!
Thanks!
What Tarantino said about ruining the master stroke in the first place by explaining things.. I think that's David Chase's exact same thought
« There will be violence and swearing… » Pleonastic statement when added to a Tarantino flick review/essay! The opposite would most probably NOT cover Tarantino’s work properly.
Fantastic! Where’s part 1?
This is part 1 (and only) of this particular video essay I'm afraid...
Thank you for this. Like you said. There are many videos but only a few explain point 4 and 5. I may be 3 years too late. But I made it
Would have loved it if QT had written a scene for Waltz and Fassbender's characters to interact
Brad pitt got most fucked up
arrivederci with american accent😂😂 love it
"Thre's a special place in hell for those that waste good whisky" is the best line, preceding "the kings" imho
That reference to Phantom Menace, hahaha
Hans Landa does not know that Emmanuelle Mimieux is Shosanna Dreyfuss. He is playing power moves to see if she breaks, but by the end (after he coerces her to break kosher--the strudel, made with lard, topped with cream), she has allayed all suspicions he may have.
Shosanna is long out of his mind. In a line of dialogue that did not make the film, he detailed her expected fate. She would be found and turned in elsewhere or turn up dead in the woods. Maybe, just maybe, the homeless, starving orphan would find her way to America. He has no reason that Shosanna survived the escape and in a short span of time, acquired such a tremendous property.
He was likely not suspicious of Emmanuelle at all, as she was being dragged into the mess. He was simply doing what he does best, and making her sweat (because it's his job). It's a terrific scene.
With all due respect to Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds is Tarantinos masterpiece. I was working at a movie theater in my early 20's when this movie came out. I remember walking into the theater during the tavern scene and I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. And the whole scene is in German...which of course I don't speak.
I love Pulp Fiction. It's a great movie. But what bothers be about it is that it's the de facto "best Tarantino movie". It's like that band that has an amazing debut album (I know Pulp Fiction is not his first film), but years down the road they make an even better album but nobody wants to admit it because they still can't get over the debut.
In fact, it's not even that cool to like Pulp Fiction anymore. Basic! You know what IS cool? Inglorious Basterds.
19:20 I agree but for me it's "arrivederci"