Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds 0
The scene that played out poolside at Quentin Tarantino’s house in Los Angeles proved to be a small but significant snapshot in contemporary movie history. Two films – one directed by Tarantino and the other by his close friend, Eli Roth – were still in the early stages of development, and each director was offering the other vital encouragement.
One, Roth’s horror movie, HOSTEL, would go on to become a huge worldwide box office hit just over a year later. The other, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, took longer to reach the screen but would eventually become the latest, eagerly awaited offering from cinema’s enfant terrible – a World War II “fairytale” about a ruthless group of Jewish-American soldiers who operate behind enemy lines to strike fear into the hearts of the Nazis.
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