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    Flora, Erlinda R.

    16 May, 2017
    BS Arch 05 POL SCI- 8:30-9:30 TThS

    Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 American-German uchronic war film written and directed
    by Quentin Tarantino . His film is a cod-second world war adventure about a Jewish-American revenge
    squad sent into occupied France to spread terror among Nazis. A group of hardened Nazi killers stalk
    their prey in Nazi-occupied France as a Jewish cinema owner plots to take down top-ranking SS officers
    during the official premiere of a high-profile German propaganda film. As far as Lt. Aldo Raine (aka
    Aldo the Apache," Brad Pitt) -- is concerned, the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi. Raine's mission is to
    strike fear into the heart of Adolf Hitler by brutally murdering as many goose-steppers as possible, or die
    trying. In order to accomplish that goal, Lt. Raine recruits a ruthless team of cold-blooded killers known
    as "The Basterds" which includes baseball-bat-wielding Bostonian Sgt. Donnie Donowitz (aka "The Bear
    Jew," Eli Roth) and steely psychopath Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), among others. When the
    Basterds' secret rendezvous with turncoat German actress Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger)
    goes awry, they learn that the Nazis will be staging the French premiere of "The Nation's Pride," a rousing
    propaganda film based on the exploits of German hero Fredrick Zoller (Daniel Brhl), at a modest theater
    owned by Jewish cinephile Shoshanna Dreyfus (Mlanie Laurent), posing as a Gentile after the brutal
    murder of her family by the ruthless Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). As the Basterds hatch an
    explosive plan to take out as many Nazis as possible at the premiere, they remain completely oblivious to
    the fact that Shoshanna, too, longs to bring the Third Reich to its knees, and that she's willing to sacrifice
    her beloved theater in the process.

    Humans are scary: its all Ive understand of this movie, Inglourious Basterds . From what Ive
    read online, even before its Cannes premiere, Inglourious Basterds attracted controversy for its rewriting
    of history, its blending of fantasy and fact. Set between 1941 and 1944, its five chapters follow two
    separate plots to assassinate senior Nazi figures, including Hitler, in a Paris cinema. One is orchestrated
    by Shosanna Dreyfus (Mlanie Laurent), sole survivor of a French Jewish family murdered in the opening
    chapter (Once Upon a Time In Nazi-Occupied France) by SS troops led by Colonel Hans Landa
    (Christoph Waltz); in the third chapter, German Night in Paris, we see Shosanna living under an alias
    and meeting German war hero Frederick Zoller (Daniel Bruehl), a famous sniper. In the other plot,
    outlined in the fourth chapter (Operation Kino), British Intelligence sends Lieutenant Archie Hicox
    (Michael Fassbender) to liaise with the titular Basterds, a group of Jewish American soldiers, introduced
    in the eponymous second chapter, led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) and dedicated to the
    terrorizing and killing of Nazis.Inglourious Basterds both salutes and problematizes the power of film,
    appreciating that bad guys as well as good can adore and exploit this potency, and recognizing that to be a
    spectator is not without moral consequence: only a thoughtless viewer will not see him or herself reflected
    in shots of Hitler cackling as he watches Americans being slaughtered in Nations Pride. Yet it also
    suggests that what one will do and what one will watch need not coincide. While the Nazi audience laps
    up his on-screen slaughter, Zoller excuses himself from the theater. I dont like watching this part, he
    says. Perhaps he felt it was a little late in the day for explosions and war. Like so many things, it depends
    on your idea of fun.

    Reference: Rovi. (n.d.). Inglourious Basterds Summary. Retrieved May 6, 2017, from
    http://www.fandango.com/inglouriousbasterds_121779/plotsummary

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