Inglourious Basterds Quotes

10 quotes from 7 authors

‘Inglourious Basterds’ ignited fierce debate over war storytelling and cinematic violence, blurring the line between homage and denial. Ten short excerpts show how Tarantino’s razor‑sharp dialogue rewrites history. For broader context, check out pages on war films, Tarantino’s oeuvre, or historical revisionism in cinema.

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Energetic, inventive, swaggering fun, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a consummate Hollywood entertainment--rich in fantasy and blithely amoral.

J. Hoberman

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I was massively jealous but also excited when Tarantino did Inglourious Basterds, I'm a huge guys on a mission fan. Those kind…

Duncan Jones

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When I was filming the death scene [in Inglourious Basterds], and I'm killing somebody, I had to work myself up.

Eli Roth

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Even Christoph Waltz's character, Colonel Landa in 'Inglourious Basterds', I never judged him.

Quentin Tarantino

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I watched war films so that I have an understanding of what has already been done and what I could do in…

Gurmeet Choudhary

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For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something…

Melanie Laurent

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Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't…

Quentin Tarantino

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Since many people have been asking me to elaborate on why I think "Inglourious Basterds" is akin to Holocaust denial, I'll try…

Jonathan Rosenbaum

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I was writing a film criticism book on Sergio Corbucci, the director who did the original Django. So, I was kind of…

Quentin Tarantino

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“CHAPTER 2: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS ALDO THE APACHE My name is Lt. Aldo Raine and I'm putting together a special team, and I…

Quentin Tarantino

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