The Movie that Never Was: Inglourious Basterds and High Nostalgia
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Bryan Coller in Arts & Culture, Film
Quentin Tarantino (center) with cast of Inglourious Basterds
Quentin Tarantino is perhaps best known for his indulgences, an ability to express personal taste in a manner that creates a style at once new and familiar, for better or worse. His films are often characterized by an American cultural nostalgia that emphasizes the word’s fantastical quality.
The Myth of John Wayne’s America
Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Aimee Murillo in Arts & Culture, Film
CLINT EASTWOOD stars as Walt Kowalski in GRAN TORINO (courtesy of Warners Bros. Pictures)
Walt Kowalski, the chain-smoking Korean War veteran in Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, reminds us of the image of America that we’ve been trying to bury for the last century—the racist America, the dark America, the John Wayne America.
