Inglourious Basterds

One of the most anticipated and disappointing films in Cannes marks a low point for writer and director Quentin Tarantino. The film is a mess in many ways that starts well with a sequence that reminds of Sergio Leone. It introduces two of the better developed characters in the film that of Col. Hans Landa, the Jew hunter played by Christoph Waltz and Shosanna Dreyfus, the Jewish girl played by Mélanie Laurent. The characters appear and disappear with long intervals since Tarantino tries the impossible by rewriting the history of WW II. The star of the film, Brad Pitt's character is under written and wasted as are most of the characters including the talented Michael Fassbender and German star Til Schweiger. Tarantino could have done something really special with the film since he casts each character according to their nationalities that includes Americans, British, French and Germans but his ambition got the better of him which derails the film. His signature sense of style is evident but lacks a coherent script to support it with too many characters all over the place. YRCinema's coverage of the 62nd Festival de Cannes.