The script of “Inglourious Basterds” took Quentin Tarantino more than a decade to complete. It shows. Of his films I have watched, I am much intrigued by the quality of the story development of “Inglourious Besterds”. It watched like reading a masterpiece story. Divided into 5 chapters, the Nazi hunts the Jews, the American ‘commandos’ infiltrate the Nazi occupied Parisian territory, and the Jews’ uprising against the Nazi – a spaghetti like storyline told in a humorous, dramatic, and at times gruesome manner. So, will the Jew or the American or even the German end the World War II? The ending could be more than what you would expect.
Quentin Tarantino’s signature is all over “Inglourious Basterds”. The music, the treatment to the scene down to the frame by frame level, and the orchestration of a team of talented European actors and actresses whom some of them are in their own rights a director and a producer. Some metaphors are cleverly repeated cross the chapters. Such as the interrogation and negotiation. Some metaphors are linked to well known stories of the past. I can understand how some may cringed at the scene of the gruesome execution. However, I think “Inglourious Basterds” is a lot milder compares to some of Quentin Tarantino’s previous works. In fact, it is so refined that some scenes are just beautiful to watch, however tragic they may be.
I read that Quentin Tarantino took some time to find the ending to this ‘best writing he has ever done’. I am unsure if it is the perfect ending to the script, or I in fact like the ending. Perhaps, I just didn’t want the film to end. Quentin Tarantino is so talented. He is a legend no less.
