Monday, May 11, 2009
Some poster art for Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds Cannes premiere
Promotional posters for Inglourious Basterds
(Click photo to see entire gallery)
Promoters for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming summer blockbuster, the annoyingly-spelled Inglourious Basterds, are attempting to generate some early buzz and name recognition for the film by releasing a series of posters featuring individual characters.
The posters, it says here, were prepped for use at the film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off its run this Wednesday (May 13).
Sadly, I won't be attending Cannes this year due to an annoying hangnail that has been troubling me since early April. (Plus, the Pegasus News corporate elite couldn't justify the expenditure. Damn them all to Hell.) The movie is set to open wide in the U.S. on August 21.
(You'll recall we posted the trailer for the certain-to-be-ultra-violent film a few weeks ago.)
Here's the text that accompanied the images; presumably there'll be more to follow. (Images, I mean.) We'll post 'em as we get 'em.
In the first year of the German occupation of France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.
Elsewhere in Europe, lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish American soldiers to perform swift, shocking acts of retribution. Later known to their enemy as "the basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquis, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own....
Employing pulp and propaganda in equal measure, Quentin Tarantino's INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS weaves together infamous, oppressed, real and larger-than-life the stories of WWII.
His movies would be so much better if he would just bring it down a notch on the gross-out factor. Sounds like a great premise.
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 2 weeks ago
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jtmbls, have you ever seen From Dusk to Dawn? He wrote that (and starred in it) and is actually a really, really well done movie.
Right up until the vampires.
Pavel Lishin Verified
6 months, 2 weeks ago
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There was a good review in this weeks New York Times on the movie, to open up in France in a couple of weeks....while it has that one pulp thing....who stepped on my Reich baby...A.T,..Pulp Reich..
alexander troup Verified
6 months, 2 weeks ago
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No, actually I haven't seen that one. I will have to check it out. Reservoir Dogs is my favorite of his.
It’s crazy when you think about the impact this guy has had on film and television by ratcheting up the shock and disturbia. I think a lot of it really detracts from his stories though.
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 1 week ago
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As a full-fledged Tarantino-phile, I have to note that <em>From Dusk till Dawn</em> was directed by Robert Rodriguez, not Tarantino, and thus should not be considered "a Tarantino film" even though he wrote it (much like <em>True Romance</em>).
And Tumbles, if you don't like the "gross-out" stuff, steer clear of <em>From Dusk Till Dawn</em> -- Rodriguez likes to ramp it up even more than Tarantino does.
Alex Bentley Staff
6 months, 1 week ago
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True Romance rocks and is proof that he is an amazing story teller without the yuck factor.
I think Rodriguez did Four Rooms along with Tarantino but I can't remember which room was his...??
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 1 week ago
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I couldn't get more than 10 minutes into True Romance. Don't even remember why, I just remember the characters' actions and decisions completely unbelievable.
Tarantino did the last room, I believe, with the lighter wager. I think Rodriguez did the one with the two kids, which was much, much better.
Of course I was drunk when I watched them both, and basically tuned out by the time Tarantino's turn came on.
Pavel Lishin Verified
6 months, 1 week ago
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Here's the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Rooms">Wikipedia page</a> to answer all your <em>Four Rooms</em> questions.
Alex Bentley Staff
6 months, 1 week ago
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Then you just don't believe in love, Pavel. Or the dreaminess of Christian Slater!
Ok, so Rodriguez did the one with the “surprise” under the mattress...See this is where I get turned around because the shock was essential to the story. Tarantino’s room was disappointing. This new one looks promising.
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 1 week ago
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Doesn't he basically tell a random hooker, "It's okay, I'll love you forever" after meeting her for five minutes?
Tarantino's room seemed just like most of his movies to me, so I wasn't really disappointed since my bar was set pretty low; but I'll admit I haven't seen many Tarantino films.
Pavel Lishin Verified
6 months, 1 week ago
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Oh, like you've never done that, Pavel.
Alex Bentley Staff
6 months, 1 week ago
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Hookers need love too Pavel. Why do you hate hookers?
I'm just glad Kill Bill has been purged from his system and he go back to making some pretty interesting stuff.
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 1 week ago
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jt..He probably tried to pay in rubles and got shanked or something.
Travis Bush Verified
6 months, 1 week ago
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Poor Pavel. If only Elvis had been there.
You should definitely give that movie another shot. A lot of talent in that film. Brad Pitt had a very small but very memorable role.
jtmbls Anonymous
6 months, 1 week ago
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::"It's okay, I'll love you forever"
No, I think that's Pretty Woman - or the new Star Trek.... they all run together with Disney's Fast Play and all that.
Jason Rice Verified
6 months, 1 week ago
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It is a sleeper of a bloody movie, having read the reviews...this has become a sick year with no lacivious action or humor, Saints and Martyrs....while the old Third Reich pops up again and again and again....A/T, ..Dying for the Third Reich...one more time is humor..
alexander troup Verified
6 months, 1 week ago
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