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Inglorious Basterds
Sep. 11th, 2009 07:36 pmYesterday, my German friend and I watched Inglorious Basterds.
First off, I have to say that this was the first time I have seen this era approached as a movie rather than a film.
Am I making sense?
Inglorious Basterds is an American style movie. It has a plot that does not follow actual events such as most (German) films try to. Brad Pitt was so painfully cliche that it was great.
I liked it, especially since it also shed some light on the huge propaganda machine that was the cinema back then. I read a book about the films made by the Nazis, most films are actually no longer shown on television, but surprisingly, quite a few still make an appearance every now and then.
There were the "hero" movies, like the one in Inglorious Basterds, reinforcing the people's belief that they might actually be able to win the war. Yes, you guessed right, these are the films that are no longer shown. Then there were the "upbeat" movies, without a single reference to war or the regime, creating a dream world to flee the harsh reality. These movies were either historical or painted a picture of Germany that looks astonishingly like the 1950 in real life.
Sorry. Lecture over.
I loved, loved, loved that there were so many German stars in that movie. And they even might get some serious international recognition! I just think it was a shame that Gedeon Burkhard and Till Schweiger were killed off halfway through...
When that British agent held up three fingers to order glasses in the Tavern, my friend and I simultaneously blurted out: "OH NO!!"
Quite loudly at that.
Everybody turned around and looked at us like we had lost the plot - until the German officer saw the same thing we had seen :)
First off, I have to say that this was the first time I have seen this era approached as a movie rather than a film.
Am I making sense?
Inglorious Basterds is an American style movie. It has a plot that does not follow actual events such as most (German) films try to. Brad Pitt was so painfully cliche that it was great.
I liked it, especially since it also shed some light on the huge propaganda machine that was the cinema back then. I read a book about the films made by the Nazis, most films are actually no longer shown on television, but surprisingly, quite a few still make an appearance every now and then.
There were the "hero" movies, like the one in Inglorious Basterds, reinforcing the people's belief that they might actually be able to win the war. Yes, you guessed right, these are the films that are no longer shown. Then there were the "upbeat" movies, without a single reference to war or the regime, creating a dream world to flee the harsh reality. These movies were either historical or painted a picture of Germany that looks astonishingly like the 1950 in real life.
Sorry. Lecture over.
I loved, loved, loved that there were so many German stars in that movie. And they even might get some serious international recognition! I just think it was a shame that Gedeon Burkhard and Till Schweiger were killed off halfway through...
When that British agent held up three fingers to order glasses in the Tavern, my friend and I simultaneously blurted out: "OH NO!!"
Quite loudly at that.
Everybody turned around and looked at us like we had lost the plot - until the German officer saw the same thing we had seen :)
