Cannes 2009 Day 8: Tarantino is an Unlucky Basterd

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Opening chapter sets the tone, but everything else is falls flat in QT’s Inglourious Basterds, his first disappointment/least clever
film from the library. If only Tarantino managed to coat the rest of the film with the same tension, wit and flair as found in his introductory sequence (a Spaghetti Western inspired bit with the Krauts, French diary farmer and void of subtitles), then there likely wouldn’t be an inventory of low points: runtime, too cluttered, having too many unimportant characters and a climax that is anti-climatic. Full length review coming soon, here are some pics where they go from to the press conference area: a crazy zoo of photographers made for these less than stellar pics.

Inglourious Basterds Cannes 2009

Lt. Archie Hicox: Michael Fassbender

Inglourious Basterds Cannes 2009 Melanie

Shosanna Dreyfus: Melanie Laurent.

Inglourious Basterds Cannes 2009 Eli Roth

Sgt. Donnie Donowitz: Eli Roth.

Inglourious Basterds Cannes 2009 Quentin

Out-of-focus of the director bigger than God. Quentin Tarantino.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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