Inglorious Bastards was not really about Nazis, though, or even war or violence, it was a film about film. The thing I really like about QT is his taste in movies, which is unorthodox, exciting, refreshing. I remember him plugging Michael Winner (RIP) and John Milius films (I appreciated his robust defense of
Big Wednesday) and there's a series of Spaghetti Westerns he has selected
for release by Koch Media on the back of this film which is worth its existence alone.
But, then again, the way he assembles and stuffs all this paraphernalia into his movies is one of the least impressive aspects of his film-making. I have a strong internal resistance to the way he uses music (for example: Bacalov and Meiko Kaji in
Kill Bill) which is purely irrational but probably comes from the fact that I live with the sources every day as they are my favorite films and scores, too.
His films are enjoyable, like eating fast food. QT is a bit
like Ronald McDonald now I come to think of it. The films I've seen are quite
rubbery. They remind me a bit of the animated sections of that Michael Jackson masterpiece
Moonwalker.
Apparently, he had the idea for this film in the middle of writing a book about Sergio Corbucci. I think I would rather have read that book. I hope he finishes it now. I think QT would make an excellent, iconoclastic film critic.