Narrative and Cultural Solipsism

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2009)

This flick was great!
Racial stereotypes, reputations(narratives), and cultural narratives (especially as they are created in film) = the real theme of this movie. The real star, Christopher Waltz.
Brad Pitt's unconvincing accent highlights the fact that nativistic cultural ID is overrated. This is the domain of the sinisterly sophisticated Waltz.
Historical inaccuracies are made irrelevant by the fact that the film is exploring narrative construction. QT builds a 'Tall tale' version of history that tries the vindicate the horrors of that war.
Still, one should not miss the doubling that occurs when the the Nazis gather in the theater laughing at their violent film. The story of Fredrick Zoller mirrors that of the Basterds that we gather to laugh at.
If QT is such a fan of Native Americans (e.g. Bill and Brad Pitt in this film)why doesn't he create a film about the genocide committed by Americans against the indigenous of America. This blood is so rarely referenced in film that it might very well be the domain of the ever provocative QT. Don't you think QT should write a Western anyway?
While we love to see Nazis slaughtered in film, do not be so culturally solipsistic as to forget that America has also committed genocide.