'INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS': THE VARIETY REVIEW

VIA Variety:

"Inglourious Basterds" is a violent fairy tale, an increasingly entertaining fantasia in which the history of World War II is wildly reimagined so that the cinema can play the decisive role in destroying the Third Reich. Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating war saga invests a long-simmering revenge plot with reworkings of innumerable genre conventions, but only fully finds its tonal footing about halfway through, after which it's off to the races. By turns surprising, nutty, windy, audacious and a bit caught up in its own cleverness, the picture is a completely distinctive piece of American pop art with a strong Euro flavor that's new for the director. Several explosive scenes and the names of Tarantino and topliner Brad Pitt promise brawny commercial prospects, especially internationally, as the preponderance of subtitled dialogue might put off a certain slice of the prospective domestic audience.

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TARANTINO PLANNING 'BASTERDS' PREQUEL?

Quentin Tarantino (via last.fm)

I might have just wept a little...

Ok, so Quentin Tarantino is just about to debut "Inglourious Basterds" at the Cannes Film Festival, and he is already planning another film in his potential WW II franchise.

The scoop is that Tarantino had put on the backburner a significant subplot involving African-American soldiers stuck behind enemy lines, which he hopes to make that part of a prequel.

"I have a half-written prequel ready to go if this movie’s a smash,” Tarantino tells the New York Times .

Of course, the famous director has a history of talking about projects and ideas that never come to fruition. You might recall a little Pulp Fiction / Reservoir Dogs prequel/sequel called The Vega Brothers??? And the potential sequels to Kill Bill??

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