Tuesday, June 30

• International Trailer for Inglourious Basterds

  There's lots of new footage in the just-released international trailer for Inglourious Basterds. While earlier trailers have tended to be a bit Brad Pitt-centric, this one focuses more on rest of the cast.

  Playing a German psychopath recruited into the professional league of the "Nazi-killing business," Til Schweiger is impressively minimalist, communicating his reactions by only the smallest of gestures. We also get to see more of Mike Myers as a very proper British general, introducing the Basterds and setting up the climactic attack on the cinema. And the trailer wraps up with a laugh, rather than a bang, as SS Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) fails to impress the Basterds with his command of American idioms.

  
  

  Posted 06/30/2009 by Bill

  Related: Brad Pitt | Mike Myers | Til Schweiger | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Thursday, May 21

• Tarantino Introduces a German Basterd

  In a new clip from Inglourious Basterds, introduced by Quentin Tarantino, we meet Sgt. Hugo Stiglitz (Til Schweiger), a Nazi officer and serial killer who has made quite a reputation for himself by murdering more than a dozen of his fellow officers. Setting the scene for the clip, Tarantino explains that after his capture, the Nazis have moved Stiglitz to Berlin to make a public example of him.

  Here, we see the Basterds stage a jailbreak. Then the lead basterd makes the recruiting pitch: "We're a big fan of your work," Lt. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), tells the impassive prisoner. "We came here to see if you want to go pro."

  
  

  Posted 05/21/2009 by Bill

  Related: Brad Pitt | Quentin Tarantino | Til Schweiger | Inglourious Basterds