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Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Film
DirectorQuentin Tarantino
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Figures

Form & technique
  • The tavern scene ("La Louisiane") where linguistic errors lead to a shootout.
  • Col. Hans Landa's interrogation of farmer Perrier LaPadite in the opening scene. → Dramaturgical Analysis
Tropes
  • The film's ahistorical ending where Hitler is assassinated in a cinema.
  • Shosanna's use of flammable nitrate film to destroy the cinema.
  • Sgt. Donny Donowitz, "The Bear Jew," executing a Nazi officer with a baseball bat.
  • The use of Ennio Morricone's Spaghetti Western scores during WWII scenes.
  • Shosanna's pre-recorded image projected onto the cinema screen before the fire.
  • The audience's intended pleasure in the Basterds' brutal violence, such as scalping. → The Excess of Jouissance
  • Lt. Aldo Raine carving a swastika into a Nazi's forehead.

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