Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds Interview

The legendary film director talks to Absolute Radio's Adrian Hieatt about his new movie, working with Brad Pitt and the possibility of a prequel

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[MonkeySpank100]

A prequel... I think I came a little bit 

[cercetasul]

for me it was the real Oscar winner

[Transformers2themax]

@whynottalklikeapirat I believe the film has a very good plot--it's just very, very long, and only people with the patience and attention span that I have could watch the entire thing and not be bored. Besides, the fact that it's not merely "nazi-slaying" is actually a good thing. The film has surprising amount of subtext, symbols, and themes and I believe that's why the "nazi-slaying" is ditched in many scenes.

[Transformers2themax]

@whynottalklikeapirat Well, he could have made it into a much larger film...the general public just wouldn't have the patience for it, and a lot of folks didn't for the actual film. It's practically a graphic novel. I wouldn't say the suspense is ill-paced--just part of the story. I agree, it does almost advertise itself as a "nazi-slaying" piece and somewhat gives up the idea with some of it here and there, but that's because he needed to focus more on the characters and storyline....

[whynottalklikeapirat]

Its a dramaturgical problem I think. He builds this great head of steam and you kinda sit there waiting for the plot to evolve into the heralded nazi-slaying or at least plot. But then great individual setpieces with little plot advancement take over. Characters abound and are abandoned. The direction first sensed does not recur until the very end. Its probably intended to be this patchwork of little universes and I still love the movie. But suspense-wise it loses breath and sags in the middle.

[vanessaLoveeful]

prequel .

[22WolFen]

he makes the best films EVER!!!!!

[Transformers2themax]

@MonkeySpank100 I hope not. Seriously, what's up with you people and sequels and prequels? It ruins the originality of the first film. Leaving Inglourious Basterds the way it is shows that you respect it, because it is a very enjoyable as well as a very artistic work of filmography. Would you want a prequel to Platoon or FMJ? No, because it's unnecessary and messy. "Kill Bill 3! Inglourious Basterds prequel!" Tarantino's imagination is too big to just narrow it down to that.

[Transformers2themax]

He should have followed the original storyline. I felt like it built up to something really mind-blowing at the beginning of the film and then kind of dropped it's edge. I mean, he had all these cool but brilliantly made scenes during the first thirty minutes of the film; then, he didn't know how to finish it. He could have taken a whole different route with the storyline and I feel like I would have enjoyed it a lot better if he had.

[LifeisGood762]

YAY! Prequel! Come on and bring it!!! Please don't lose interest! I loved the soundtrack, it made parts of the film.

[LifeisGood762]

@Hoppus217 This movie would have been awesome even if it had nothing to do with jews. As it is the movie is amazing and I loved it... and I'm not jewish.

[J3rryKo]

@ghostbuster323 agreed. and if you did make a WW2 movie without some Judaism it would be hailed as "holocaust denying propaganda," or some bullshit. And say what you want about Mel Gibsons beliefs, since that's all they are, but the man can direct a damn good movie.