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Inglorious Basterds

Written by Jonathan Jacobs

Historians have been fascinated by Hitler and the Third Reich for a long time. This is understandable, particularly for political scientists, historians, internationalists, humanitarians, and for academics in general. However, a possibly alarming fascination has grown within the American people and citizens worldwide. Despite my initial apprehension at watching the thousandth film about Nazism and bearing witness to the further popularization of Adolf Hitler, Inglorious Basterds made me realize that this is still America and freedom of speech and expression is what more than anything defines this great nation.

Brad Pitt is unexpectedly phenomenal here. He plays the role of Lieutenant Aldo Raine, a partially Native American Midwesterner with an accent to die for. Lt. Raine collects a squad of Jewish assassins who are charged with killing and scalping at least 100 Nazis each. Christoph Waltz plays the German Gestapo leader in charge of rounding up or killing Jews in France, Col. Hans Landa. Melanie Laurent plays the role of Shosanna Dreyfus whose entire family had been shot to death by Col. Landa and his Gestapo hangmen. Col. Landa plays the role of the satanic hangman flawlessly. Diane Kruger plays Bridget von Hammersmark, a German actress and defector working in union with the Basterds to bring down the Reich.

The story Inglorious Basterds is written and the movie is directed by Quentin Tarantino. I cannot uncover his real motivation in creating this story and film. It is based on his graphic novel and is adapted to the screen. This is the first film I have watched in which Hitler and his henchmen are killed or seriously harmed. Tom Cruise tested his hand with Valkyrie, a primarily true portrayal of actual events in the attempted coup d’état of Germany. Referencing Schindler’s List, Tarantino dressed Melanie Laurent in red lipstick, nail polish, a red dress, and presaged her death in a fiery theater.

What amazes me is not a story about the death of the Nazis, but Tarantino’s decision to portray the Jewish people as vengeful and murderous. When the Nazis are counterfactually killed in the theater, they are symbolically burned alive as though in a crematorium with a Jewish woman condemning them to death. This is disturbing and once again is a prime example of stoking the flames of anti-Semitism worldwide. Think I am sensationalizing this? Is anti-Semitism on the rise globally? Are the Israelis who are a democratic free-market ally of the U.S. portrayed fairly in the worldwide public eye? What is Tarantino thinking in showing Jews as murders, scalpers, and assassins when over 6 million were incinerated or gunned down in mass grave pits? Good question, I sure wish he could provide a clear answer. Daydreaming about how he would kill the Nazis and asking what if the Jews had revenged the death of 6 million on Hitler himself may not be reason enough to create such parallels between Nazi death squads and Jewish revenge murderers. I am not disgusted because for some reason this movie failed to offend me. Instead it made me cringe and wonder what the implications and or consequences will be for the Jewish people living in different countries around the world. I also have to wonder at what point the German people will be able to live their lives without being heinously reminded unceasingly about their crime against humanity. My grandparents are Holocaust survivors, would they approve of this movie? Would the leaders of Zionism? Do I approve of this movie? Freedom of expression trumps all of this, but despite my fantasies and what if thoughts, is this movie really the answer to the question, or one that raises a more troubling query?