'Inglourious Basterds' Uses the Holocaust as a Pretext for Gore, Sadism and Fanboy Lore

New York Press | August 20, 2009
"Back to Barbarism" is the theme of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Its misspelled title and cheesy homage to a 1970s grindhouse flick (by Enzo Castellari) all mock the notion of sophistication. Yet it is truly unsophisticated.

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