Writer(s): Quentin Tarantino
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Director of Photography: Robert Richardson
Another awesome feature from Tarantino and Robert Richardson. I loved it. Heavy on the dialogue (classic Tarantino) but it was all well written. There are so many movies these days that are filled with nonsense dialogue and one-liners, but when Tarantino writes dialogue everything said has meaning (mostly aiding in character development). You can tell he actually thinks about what his characters would say and why they would say it. Not that I condone the subject matter at all, but there is a monologue where Jews are compared to rats and its absolutely brilliant and fits that character 100%.
So tie all that in with nazis being brutally murdered in the most awesome ways, some well placed comic relief, and you have a movie that Craig Samuels likes very much. And there weren’t even boobies in it! 😉
Robert Richardson did an amazing cine job. It’s apparent by the very first shot of the movie. Nuff said. If you know anything about what a Director of Photography does then you will see for yourself that Richardson is a pro. Beautiful.
PS Brad Pitt and his endless amounts of whitty, Tennessee style sayings are hilarious and awesome.
PPS Does anyone know why its spelled Basterds instead of Bastards? I’m sure I could easily look that up right now, but Im not going to…
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