<p>Inglourious Basterds, with a multi-national cast led by superstar Brad Pitt that speaks in their own mother tongues (English/German/French), was described as a modern masterpiece by the great director who had won the top Palme d’Or for his cult film Pulp Fiction.<br /><br />The director, who did not agree with the suggestion that it is a “Jewish revenge fantasy”, said while it was just a fantasy, it suggests how the power of cinema could be a weapon to end horrors like the Third Reich.<br /><br />Highly-anticipated, the film was completed at a furious pace by Tarantino so that he could get it screened at the Cannes festival, and the wild reception to it — even if that has got to do with the presence of Tarantino and Pitt — would surely make it one of the highpoints of this year’s Competition along with Lars von Trier shocking Antichrist and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet.<br /><br />With a powerhouse cast, comprising Christoph Waltz who outshines everyone with his portrayal of a multi-lingual and crafty Gestapo intelligence officer, Melanie Laurent as a young Jewish cinema owner in Paris seeking revenge of the Germans for the massacre of her family, Diane Kruger as a German actress who wants the Third Reich to come down, and Daniel Bruhl as a cinema-loving German soldier, the film is divided into fast-paced chapters.<br /><br />Tarantino’s expertise in showing gore without making it seem repellent is expected to make this film a worldwide box office favourite, putting it at par with his earlier films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.</p>
<p>Inglourious Basterds, with a multi-national cast led by superstar Brad Pitt that speaks in their own mother tongues (English/German/French), was described as a modern masterpiece by the great director who had won the top Palme d’Or for his cult film Pulp Fiction.<br /><br />The director, who did not agree with the suggestion that it is a “Jewish revenge fantasy”, said while it was just a fantasy, it suggests how the power of cinema could be a weapon to end horrors like the Third Reich.<br /><br />Highly-anticipated, the film was completed at a furious pace by Tarantino so that he could get it screened at the Cannes festival, and the wild reception to it — even if that has got to do with the presence of Tarantino and Pitt — would surely make it one of the highpoints of this year’s Competition along with Lars von Trier shocking Antichrist and Jacques Audiard’s A Prophet.<br /><br />With a powerhouse cast, comprising Christoph Waltz who outshines everyone with his portrayal of a multi-lingual and crafty Gestapo intelligence officer, Melanie Laurent as a young Jewish cinema owner in Paris seeking revenge of the Germans for the massacre of her family, Diane Kruger as a German actress who wants the Third Reich to come down, and Daniel Bruhl as a cinema-loving German soldier, the film is divided into fast-paced chapters.<br /><br />Tarantino’s expertise in showing gore without making it seem repellent is expected to make this film a worldwide box office favourite, putting it at par with his earlier films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.</p>
