Why Quentin Tarantino Wanted Inglourious Basterds To Avoid 'Silly War-Movie Clichés'

Dec 14 2022 by /Film

 

Considering how "Inglourious Basterds" ends, it might be a little surprising to learn that writer/director Quentin Tarantino did in fact care about the movie's sense of realism. Sure, the movie takes some creative liberties with its decision to let Hitler get machine gunned to death in a movie theater around a year before his actual demise, but it's also quick to subvert the usual unrealistic tropes you'd see in a typical war movie. 

"I wanted to stay away from all the silly war-movie...

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