Inglourious Basterds [sic]

Started by brockly, May 20, 2003, 06:05:39 AM

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Well that got me a little more excited.

Stefen

The casting I was most looking forward to after reading the script was Christoph Waltz's. His character was easily the most fascinating to me. It looks like he nails it.
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i'm still not sure which character christopher waltz's is.  this does look a bit better but i still can't watch it without thinking it will be too long and there will be way too much talking.
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Stefen

Christoph Waltz 1:50-1:53.

His character is just completely ruthless. But he's smart and charismatic. The opening scene of the script really introduces him well.

I didn't think the script was very long. When I hear how long the movie is it worries me. I'm sure it's not going to change our lives, but I hope it's at least entertaining.
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Quote from: Stefen on June 17, 2009, 10:01:11 AM
Goddamnit. I hate Eli Roth's stupid shit-eating face. I hate that they can catch it in illustration form so perfectly. Makes me sick.

i caught part of the rerun of the MTV Movie Awards and it seemed to cut to Roth in the audience dozens of times.
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gives me a little more hope that at least it will be entertaining.
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Yeah, this looks much much better. Pitt seems to deliver a good performance and his lines better.
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We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Stefen

Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

OrHowILearnedTo

and Melanie Laurent looks kinda Thurman-y

MacGuffin

'Basterds' sets promo at UFC 100
Tarantino film to be featured during pay-per-view event
Source: Hollywood Reporter

The Weinstein Co. is stepping into the ring.

The mini-major is making an unconventional marketing move for its upcoming period pic "Inglourious Basterds," partnering with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to promote the film.

The Quentin Tarantino movie will be featured at the mixed-martial-arts organization's UFC 100, a large-scale pay-per-view event set for Saturday in Las Vegas. "Basterds" will get an animated billboard and placement inside the fighting ring, aka the "octagon," and a trailer will be shown to about 11,000 fans in attendance at Mandalay Bay.

The move marks an interesting approach for TWC in seeking young males for "Basterds." The pic, set for an Aug. 21 domestic release, is set in Nazi-occupied France and features long stretches in non-English languages.

But TWC hopes to break the film out of the art house by highlighting its action sequences and star Brad Pitt. UFC, with its mainstream fan base, is seen as one of several keys to reaching a wider audience.

UFC 100, the centennial fight card for the increasingly popular sport, will feature a heavyweight battle between Brock Lesnar and Frank Mir, plus 10 undercard fights. The organization is touting the sponsorship as the first Weinstein promotion at one of its events.
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Quentin Tarantino Q&A
By: Mike Fleming; Variety

Quentin Tarantino shot and edited his WWII drama "Inglourious Basterds" in just eight months, so he could make a May premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Whether it's because his backers at The Weinstein Co. and Universal are hit-hungry, or because summer loves shorter movies, or because the film didn't win top prize on the Croisette, speculation had Tarantino under pressure to shorten his film.  Fresh from locking his final cut, Tarantino refutes that rumor and makes it clear to BFD that the only inglourious basterds he encountered in the cutting room are the characters he'll introduce to the world when the film opens August 21.
   
BFD: What is the final running time on Inglourious Basterds?

Tarantino: I've heard these rumors that the studios told me to cut out 40 minutes. These are complete lies. The movie is actually a minute longer, in running time, than it was in Cannes. It was 2:28, without end credits, and now it's 2:29, or 2:32 with end credits.

BFD: You told me in Cannes that you had final cut at 2:48, if you'd chosen to make the film that long. Still, rumors inferred you were sent to the editing room with orders to cut. Reaction? 

Tarantino: I'm offended at the idea that these guys would be bossing me around. On the other hand, I've no right to complain. It's a great situation. You don't have to do anything under duress. It's your movie, you're the one who has to live with it, and you know you can't make rash judgments you'll regret later. But you're more inclined to listen, because nothing's being forced on you. Harvey Weinstein's a nice guy, David Linde was wonderful to work with. They had worthwhile things to say. Some I agreed with, some I did not. I always tried their suggestions, because they have a lot of money invested. They're not in the room when I try, and half the time they were wrong. But sometimes I'd find myself saying, "Goddammit, Harvey's right. It's better this way."   

BFD: What extended the running time?

Tarantino: I added a sequence between where Mike Myers and Michael Fassbender discuss Operation Kino [the plot to blow up a theater as Joseph Goebbels and other Nazi brass watch a film], and the shootout scene in the basement tavern La Louisiane. In Cannes, we went from one to the other. I'd shot another scene, right before that, where Fassbender meets The Basterds, before they go to La Louisiane. That's back.

BFD: What about that laugh-out-loud funny moment that introduces Goebbels's French translator, and cuts to a scene where she and Hitler's minister of propaganda are having raucous sex?

Tarantino: Oh, yeah, I put that back, and it sure got a big laugh when I screened it.

BFD: There were other worthy scenes in the script missing from the Cannes cut, like one that  humanizes Sgt. Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth), the "Bear Jew" who beats Nazis to death with a baseball bat. A scripted scene that preceded the violence showed him buying a bat in his Jewish Boston neighborhood, and getting an elderly neighbor to sign it with the names of her Jewish relatives in Europe who were in peril.

Tarantino: We shot that, it was a cool sequence, but it got in the way of the big musical cue where we bring Donny out, with the bat. This and other scenes I shot, I'll put in reserve. If I were to do a prequel, I can just use that stuff, it's ready to go. 

BFD: Do you have enough enthusiasm left for a prequel?  

Tarantino: Oh, yeah, I definitely do. I've written the first half already. I'd have to finish it, get the Basterds back together, and insert a whole other group of characters, these black troops that come across the Basterds. 

BFD: Are the Basterds game?

Tarantino: All through the movie, Brad Pitt and Eli Roth just kept saying, "Prequel. Prequel." Brad would say, "Let's talk him into doing a prequel." The guys love the idea. I've got the storyline. Then again, I was going to do all these animated prequels to Kill Bill. I didn't end up doing any of those.

BFD: Both The Weinstein Co. and Universal need hits. How much pressure did you feel to maximize your film's commercial potential? 

Tarantino: Yeah, the guys are anxious about it, and I can see where that is coming from. But the movie is the movie. They read the script, they knew what they were getting into. From time to time, we'd be talking and I'd say, I hear what you're saying, but I'm not going to make the movie any differently than I wrote it. It might sound weird that I added a minute, but you can add little things and actually quicken the pace, and we were very aware of keeping the pace up. To add the one scene, I reduced a couple scenes by a line here, a line there. I'd talk to the Weinsteins, and Universal, and they'd say, "This sequence is running a little long." I'd say, I don't think I can take more than maybe one line out of there, and they'd say, that's fine. Then you have to find that one line. It's cosmetic surgery. Harvey wanted me to add more music, he asked me to go through my music collection again and just find a couple more pieces. So, I found four cues, and one of them is the main theme from the Jack Cardiff movie "Dark of the Sun," which I'd always wanted to use. 

BFD: You've never relied on stars in your movies. Now you have one of the biggest, at a time when studios seem to be questioning star value, especially after Todd Phillips did what you usually do, creating stars in "The Hangover"...

Tarantino: Even to the degree where those guys were so perfectly cast.

BFD: Is the star system still reliable?   

Tarantino: There has been a kind of selective choice of evidence to decide whether stars are reliable or not. If you are pointing to that Russell Crowe newspaper movie, which I didn't see, well maybe it just didn't work out for that particular movie. Brad had a big hit with "Benjamin Button" and I think he was a big reason. Early in my career, I would get suggestions about using this or that actor, and I'd ask, why do you want these people? Do they really put asses in seats? I could look at a number of their movies and the answer would be no. I learned it wasn't as much about asses in seats as it was marketing. This guy is famous, so we can get him on Leno, Conan, Letterman, get a magazine cover. I'm casting for what works best in the film. Rosario Dawson was the most famous girl I used in "Deathproof," and she was on all the talk shows. But she was also one of the best in the movie. There's a reason why Leno wants to talk to her. She's a terrific actress, she's got tons of charisma. I'm not going to hire somebody just for the poster, and the integrity of my movies speaks for itself, as far as that is concerned.

BFD: How do your commercial hopes escalate, having Pitt?   

Tarantino: I've normally relied on my name for the most part. The hope is, I'll bring my fans and he'll bring his. Overseas, Brad's following is intense, just crazy, but so is mine. The hope is, us working together, that'll be a draw. I can honestly say though that if Brad Pitt wasn't a star and I'd found him in the casting process, I would have lobbied for him to get this role.

BFD: The adult drama is on shaky ground. What must be done to keep the genre viable?  

Tarantino: I went to see "Public Enemies" on a Friday at The Vista, the 6:30 show, and the theater filled up and I thought, hmm, people turning out on a weekend to see a movie with a big star...I think I'm going to be okay. I was very encouraged. I would say "Public Enemies" is an example that showed the adult drama is alive and well. Universal marketed the hell out of it, and while it was risky to open summertime against "Ice Age 3," I think it did terrific for that kind of film. In a different month, "Public Enemies" would have opened number one. I remember several years ago, being in Austin while making "Deathproof," and seeing "American Gangster," this movie with two stars and a terrific director. It struck me, this audience that was equal parts black and white, and how you could tell they couldn't wait to see the movie. If you're going to make one of these, make sure your canvas matches the commercial potential, and be sure it is something people want to see. The tricky thing about commercial concerns is, it becomes easy to only think about the opening weekend, and forget that a movie is going to have a long life, like, until the end of time.

BFD: What's the fun part of opening in the summer under pressure?

Tarantino: As an artist, you can bemoan the whole roll of the dice that is opening weekend, but it is exciting, too. Your movie is seen by everybody in this one big `go,' and it becomes an event where everybody is heading out on opening weekend and filling up the multiplexes all over America. It is one of the things that makes movies vital.
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Quote from: MacGuffin on July 08, 2009, 01:46:45 PM
Quentin Tarantino Q&A
By: Mike Fleming; Variety

BFD: You told me in Cannes that you had final cut at 2:48, if you'd chosen to make the film that long. Still, rumors inferred you were sent to the editing room with orders to cut. Reaction? 

Tarantino: I'm offended at the idea that these guys would be bossing me around.

Here's an artist for ya...."I'm my own boss"

this fuckin' guy
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