Yep, the new Inglourious Basterds footage that aired as part of American Idol - on which Tarantino actually made a remarkably good vocal coach, not that I was watching or anything - is now tearing up the interweb. And for good reason. It's fantastic. And also below the break along with the official teaser.
this is at the top of my must see list for the summer
Yeah! No one can depict violence so beautly as Tarantino.
@Mrcoz
Park Chan-Wook. John Woo, Wong Kar Wai, Shion Sono, Balabanov, Kitano, Zack Snyder, Miike, Johnnie To and there are many more. Let's not pretend as if Tarantino discovered cinema.
They promoted this on American Idol??
Hahaha Venger. Exactly.
i was thinking the same thing venger. i have to say that despite being completely uninterested in this before, seeing the trailers for it is making be quite excited for it!
Mrcos didn't say he invented it, he just said no one does it as beautiful. I think those are all great filmmakers, many better than QT, but as far as violence goes, he's a goddamned Caravaggio. I will say Johnnie To's got him beat on that, though.
I'm a little dubious of the politics behind the movie.
Somehow the torture and brutal murdering of Nazi's reminds me
of the torturing and murdering going on today in the middle east.
But I'm sure this film isn't a write-off for American activity overseas....(cough, cough)
Tyler Durden's in it. It has to be on the level!
needs more flames !!!!
wow, the last part of it looks absolutely killer :)
QT can write some good stories and characters (at least for his lead) but I do hope this doesn't get a totally unreflected senseless killing-spree movie like some videogames ala CallOfDuty or MedalOfHonor. Having Nazis as enemies does tend to lead to sloppy writing....the are EVIL by definition !!!!, you don't have to explain anything, just kill 'em
Quentin Tartarsauce eats fishsticks!
dying to figure out which scenes come from which movie
" Yeah! No one can depict violence so beautifully as Tarantino "
I know you guys are young but waaaaaaay back in the stone age of cinema there was this guy called
Sam Pekinpah and nobody still ( not even John Woo, whos "borrowed" almost everything in his early work from Pekinpah ) can quite match the artistry in which Pekinpah depicted violence. He did this in a lot of his films but if you want to hold up one as an example I'd say THE WILD BUNCH.
'Snyder did only 3 feature movies so far, and they were better then anything Tarantino did.'
hmm..well...hmmm..myeah nevermind.
@ venger
Sorry, I forgot about "Jackie Brown" -best Tarantino picture. Better then 300 of course.
"No one can depict violence so beautly as Tarantino."
Go watch John Woo's The Killer and Johnnie To's Exiled, then report back.
I would argue that Asian cinema uses and portrays violence to such an extent that it becomes a parody of itself and loses its effect. I love splatter movies but if I'm looking for violence that shocks and disturbs me, then I avoid John Woo.
Although that's not to say I worship Tarantino. It's painfully clear to many people that his work is derivative ironically enough from Asian cinema, but I will say that in terms of pacing and structuring violence and action around dialogue, his films are unique compared to other American releases within that genre.
I think Tarantino is a classic case of the little guy making it big and adversely widening the cracks in his work. We have to remember, people hate to see "artists" capitalising or "selling out" if it can be called that. It registers with us as a symbol of disrespect, much the same way that working class people despise the upper class for their successes.
This is one of the many irrationalities we encumber, but it doesn't take away from Tarantino's passive plagiarism, which of course is overlooked by the mainstream public.
wow, this discussion is so childish. I don't like sam peckinpah, and now ... so what ?...all the directors mentioned are undisputed skilled ones and made some good movies. all else is subjective, everybody will have their own favorite and respond in their own way to any other, but in the end I(!) can respect all of their work. pffff
I can't say I was overly impressed to see Mike Myers as the "bad guy". He isn't impressive or interesting in any capacity. Brad Pitt may well be the only saving grace of this film.
Since the 90's Tarantino has not been worth the hype. I hope the actors can shine through and deliver a decent film.