Review - The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
THE INGLORIOUS BASTARDS: 3 DISC EXPLOSIVE EDITION [R]
review by Robert Newton
Anyone who is unclear on the definition of the word “fanboy” need only peep the interview that Pulp Fiction director does with Enzo G. Castellari, Italian director of the 1978 “macaroni combat” movie, The Inglorious Bastards: 3 Disc Explosive Edition on the new DVD. Tarantino, who has been writing a remake of the World War II actioner since 2001, gushes even more than a giddy Seth MacFarlane did when he interviewed George Lucas on the DVD of the Star Wars episode of “Family Guy,” Blue Harvest.
The movie itself is not top-notch. It’s a none-too-subtle Frankensteining of movies like The Dirty Dozen, Kelly’s Heroes and Von Ryan’s Express (to name just a few). Bo Svenson plays a convicted American G.I. who escapes from a prison convoy during a German attack, and leads his motley crew to redemption by blowing up a […]
Original post by Robert Newton
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