More or less agree. On the fence as to whether he could have achieved the same effect with less gore and more suggestion, but I'm guessing not. Part of the point - was to target the cartoonish or pulp nature of violence, satirize it, glory in it, and at the same time emphasize that the reality is far worse - the black and white film is oddly far more violent than what we see in color, just as the opening scene is far more violent.
And yes, the fear part definitely comes through. I particularly liked the juxtaposition of the Nazi's trapped like "rats" in Shoshanna's cinema, as they are mowed down from above with machetes with the Nazis firing bullets into the floorboards of the French farmhouse - killing Shoshanna's Jewish family - as she barely escapes. In both - the lead character escapes. Shoshana escapes the farmhouse. Landes escapes the cinema. But neither are able to escape completely.
The other bit of juxtaposition is between The Jew Hunter - Landes, and The Bear Jew or Golem. The Jews fear Landes and his SS, But the Nazis' fear the Golem and the Bastards. Both are equally ruthless. Both are monsterous in their slaying. But Tarantino doesn't stop there - he alludes through the use of the scalpings and the "Apache" - to the American Old West - in which similar behavior was demonstrated. And similar tactics. (Albeit without the modern methods).
Shoshanna and Aldo Raine - both want to make the Nazi's feel fear. It is the point behind Shoshanna's film, she doesn't want to just kill them, she wants them to die screaming out in fear. She wants to scare them.
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Date: 2010-04-20 12:52 am (UTC)Part of the point - was to target the cartoonish or pulp nature of violence, satirize it, glory in it, and at the same time emphasize that the reality is far worse - the black and white film is oddly far more violent than what we see in color, just as the opening scene is far more violent.
And yes, the fear part definitely comes through. I particularly liked the juxtaposition of the Nazi's trapped like "rats" in Shoshanna's cinema, as they are mowed down from above with machetes with the Nazis firing bullets into the floorboards of the French farmhouse - killing Shoshanna's Jewish family - as she barely escapes. In both - the lead character escapes. Shoshana escapes the farmhouse. Landes escapes the cinema. But neither are able to escape completely.
The other bit of juxtaposition is between The Jew Hunter - Landes, and The Bear Jew or Golem. The Jews fear Landes and his SS, But the Nazis' fear the Golem and the Bastards. Both are equally ruthless. Both are monsterous in their slaying. But Tarantino doesn't stop there - he alludes through the use of the scalpings and the "Apache" - to the American Old West - in which similar behavior was demonstrated.
And similar tactics. (Albeit without the modern methods).
Shoshanna and Aldo Raine - both want to make the Nazi's feel fear.
It is the point behind Shoshanna's film, she doesn't want to just kill them, she wants them to die screaming out in fear. She wants to scare them.