First few shots in Inglourious Basterds are very similar to the Sound of Music (Alps Surroundings) Chocolate Box camera shot.
The searchers (1956) Ending scene- a character framed in a doorway
-Family Guy- Hitler and Eva
-Parody- Uniforms (designed by Hugo Boss)
-Inglourious Basterds plays with what happened in WW2, hypereality
-Use of spaghetti western music
Chapter 3- German Nights in Paris
References to Leni Reifenstahl (german doc. director and friends with Hitler, brilliant film maker)
G.W Pabst (german director)
Max Linder (comic actor, silent era)
Sergeant York- directed by Howard Hawks (1941)
Van Johnson- Amercian film actor and heart throb, 1940's and 50's
Popular culture references to the era
2 cameo's- British Information film
Operation Kino
Intertextuality- Blaxploitation (music)
Motor Cycle Movie (music)
Spaghetti Western Music
The Searchers (the door)
The Sound of Music (scenery)
Foot Fetish (Tarentino uses it in all his films)
David Bowie- Cat People
Battleship Potentia- Nation's Pride
Use of real people- Hitler and Churchill - both parodies
Postmodern Elements- subtitles are yellow (Hugo Stiglitz)
starts like a fairy tale- once upon a time
music is the main element
bar man has hand on gun under the bar- mexican stand off
Samuel L Jackson voice over- public information film
Harvey Keitel- voice near end of the film
Unconventional war movie
Chapter 4- Operation Keno
Am i surprised how the scene ends? Surprised how some of the basterds die, didn't expect that
Perception of a tense scene
Left behind shoe links into Tarentino's foot fetish, one way or another his fetish is apparent in all of his films (pulp fiction- foot massage etc.) pertanent to Tarentino
Death of basterds in tavern scene links in with his other films (pulp fiction)
Goes against normal conventions of a film (heroes always survive)
basterds deaths aren't really commented on... why?
Bridget Von Hammersmark's shoe links to a fairy tale- Hans Landa - prince charming
Magnificent Seven and Dirty Dozen- consistent in genre in some respects
Mexican stand off- country and western
fatalistic aspects?
Projection Box Scene
Fredrick and Shoshanna- pay attention to the finer detail, ie: costume, effects, music
Didn't expect Shoshanna to die, especially the way she did
Shoshanna is shocked to when Fredrick barges into the projection box, but it shows his true personality.
Fredrick in White: pure, innocent, hope (uniforms designed by Hugo Boss)
Shoshanna in Red: danger, sex, passion, romance, death, blood
Contrast between colours and characters (good vs bad)
Music as Fredrick climbs stairs is generally an action code (could be used in war films and propaganda films) normally action (in whatever form) will follow this kind of music
Shoshanna's death is emphasised through the use of slow motion as she is a main character, makes her death seem less graphic, the way it happens depicts an almost bitter-sweet romance as her a Fredrick die together and he is the last thing she see's.
Contrapuntal music after she shoots Fredrick, shows us she feels remorse and feels bad for what she did.
Fredrick Zoller
Nice man
Bit of a lothario
Sociopath
Powerful
Unassuming
Nazi (by assocication angry/bad tempered)
Has to compose him self alot- during and after the killing
Schizophrenic
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