Blender Dumbass1d ago
Jojo Rabbit would not be possible without Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino told numerous times that the two places which gave the strongest reactions to his 2009 film Inglourious Basterds were Berlin and Tel Aviv. Why? Why reactions? Well... prior to Inglourious Basterds films about the subject of conflict between Jews and Nazis in World War II were largely serious pieces of cinema. Think Schindler's List. But as I pointed out in my review of Schindler's List, there was a considerable amount of effort on the part of Steven Spielberg to make the movie actually watchable. Tarantino with Inglourious Basterds made a movie that is not merely watchable, but outright enjoyable. He made a movie about this conflict where the audience are allowed to laugh. Taika Waititi's 2019 film Jojo Rabbit takes this premise and dials it to 11.
Jojo Rabbit would not be possible without Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino told numerous times that the two places which gave the strongest reactions to his 2009 film Inglourious Basterds were Berlin and Tel Aviv. Why? Why reactions? Well... prior to Inglourious Basterds films about the subject of conflict between Jews and Nazis in World War II were largely serious pieces of cinema. Think Schindler's List. But as I pointed out in my review of Schindler's List, there was a considerable amount of effort on the part of Steven Spielberg to make the movie actually watchable. Tarantino with Inglourious Basterds made a movie that is not merely watchable, but outright enjoyable. He made a movie about this conflict where the audience are allowed to laugh. Taika Waititi's 2019 film Jojo Rabbit takes this premise and dials it to 11.

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 The film does a kind of double corruption / anti-corruption of the audience in the same time. It corrupts the audience with the fun Nazi stuff in the beginning, just to get them on an emotional journey that will result in them utterly de-Nazi-fied. In a way it is genius. People who already are anti-Nazi will ( hopefully ) see the satire. While the pro-Nazi motherfuckers will get lured in by the fun bafoonery of it all. Just to be thrusted with the main character on a journey of de-Nazi-fication.

Basically getting people hooked on a drug, then telling them how utterly malignant it is. Or how dramas show a gay relationship, just to have it be torn to pieces by revealing the husband is a rapist.
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