Review: 'Inglourious Basterds' gloriously entertaining

"Basterds" ranks high on the [Quentin Tarantino] meter, slightly above "Kill Bill: Volume 2" and just below the underrated "Jackie Brown." It's recklessly entertaining, an extravaganza for cinemaniacs in which Nazis get their comeuppance and Tarantino blowtorches W...

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Published inOakland tribune (Oakland, Calif. 1991)
Main Author Myers, Randy
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oakland, Calif Bay Area News Group 19.08.2009
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Landa, Hans
Pitt, Brad
Tarantino, Quentin
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Summary:"Basterds" ranks high on the [Quentin Tarantino] meter, slightly above "Kill Bill: Volume 2" and just below the underrated "Jackie Brown." It's recklessly entertaining, an extravaganza for cinemaniacs in which Nazis get their comeuppance and Tarantino blowtorches World War II history. Need a little bit more to get you into that theater? Well, how's this?: Arrive expecting to see "Kill Bill" mixed with "The Wild Bunch" by way of "Cinema Paradiso" and Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain," and you'll get a vague idea of what you're in for -- a brawny, rollicking mash-up that is a passionate exploration of the power of filmmaking from one of our finest directors and writers. QUENTIN TARANTINO'S "Inglorious Basterds" is just itching to make that leap from screen to Broadway, complete with its bloody Nazi scalpings and gory head pulverizations by baseball bat.; QUENTIN TARANTINO'S "Inglorious Basterds" is just itching to make that leap from screen to Broadway, complete with its bloody Nazi scalpings and gory head pulverizations by baseball bat.; QUENTIN TARANTINO'S "Inglorious Basterds" is just itching to make that leap from screen to Broadway, complete with its bloody Nazi scalpings and gory head pulverizations by baseball bat.
ISSN:1068-5936