INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

Intertextuality

The Dirty Dozen The Sound of Music Title-inspired by 1978 war film “The

Inglorious Bastards” Misspelling of ‘Bastards’, described

as “ a Basquiat-esque touch.” Basquiat was an American graffiti artist

who incorporated words and typography into his paintings

The Dirty Dozen

‘The Dirty Dozen’ is an American war film released in 1967, featuring a similar concept to Inglourious; a team of men chosen to participate in a war mission together

Both films are set in the Second World War, and Tarantino has acknowledged Inglourious Basterds to be [his] “my Dirty Dozen”

Trailers

The Sound of MusicThe opening setting of the film, set on

a mountainous French dairy farm, is reminiscent of scenes from “The Sound of Music” in terms of location and mise en scene.

Narrative

Some scenes in the film contain elements which show that it isn’t reality, for example the use of overlaid text (this is also used in the cinema scenes as the top Nazi representatives arrive

Narrative

Narrative

This set of stills shows a scene shot from an overhead view, this creates the impression that the whole premise of the film is a set up and isn’t real, this effect was similarly used in ‘Kill Bill’, as if the audience was looking into a giant toy house.