Inglorious Basterds splashed onscreen with a lot of fanfare at Grauman's Chinese Theatre this past week with stars of the high-profile action adventure (spoof) trotting down the red carpet to give a thumbs up to Quentin Tarantino for his much-anticipated remake of the old classic starring Bo Svenson.
Tarantino began lensing last October after securing Brad Pitt for the lead role.
In spite of the fact the off-the-wall feature is hardly out of the starter's gate, the film won Christopher Waltz the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival when it was first unveiled in May at the Cannes Film Festival.
In one interview, Tarantino confessed he breathed a sigh of relief when the film was in the can.
After all, there was a time when he thought he wouldn't finish his "baby" which took eight years of nurturing to get into production.
Needless to say, Tarantino’s remake of the low-budget 70's action film, is a departure from the original starring Bo Svenson.
"Bastards" has been spelled incorrectly, for starters, thus revealing Tarantino's lack of education.
Maybe that''s why he scripted what he referred to as a - "very basic and simple" - plotline.
With some off-beat wacko touches, obviously.
For example, Aldo Raine (Pitt's character) is portrayed as a hillbilly (part Indian) who knows a lot about war history and Geronimo's original battle plan. Raine (who leads the mission) takes a bunch of Jewish-American soldiers, goes behind the lines, and does an Apache resistance against the Nazis.
"Basterds" just keeps tripping out like that, according to Quentin.
Sounds like a wild ride, eh?
We'll see if it translates to big bucks at the box office!
In the meantime, for a bit of insight into the original Inglorious Bastards, check out my post on a screening that sparked to life a few months ago at the New Beverly Cinema, and the insightful comments uttered up by the Director and star Bo Svenson afterwards in the entertaining Q&A session.
Post: 07/31/08
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/07/enzo-g-castellaricelebrates-birthday-at.html
With some off-beat wacko touches, obviously.
For example, Aldo Raine (Pitt's character) is portrayed as a hillbilly (part Indian) who knows a lot about war history and Geronimo's original battle plan. Raine (who leads the mission) takes a bunch of Jewish-American soldiers, goes behind the lines, and does an Apache resistance against the Nazis.
"Basterds" just keeps tripping out like that, according to Quentin.
Sounds like a wild ride, eh?
We'll see if it translates to big bucks at the box office!
In the meantime, for a bit of insight into the original Inglorious Bastards, check out my post on a screening that sparked to life a few months ago at the New Beverly Cinema, and the insightful comments uttered up by the Director and star Bo Svenson afterwards in the entertaining Q&A session.
Post: 07/31/08
http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2008/07/enzo-g-castellaricelebrates-birthday-at.html
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