Tag: Film History
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The Importance of References to German Cinema in Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”

The first chapter of Inglourious Basterds is titled “Once upon A Time in Nazi-occupied France” and this signals that we are in the realm of a fairy-tale, and “wish-fulfillment fantasy” as Quentin Tarantino said. Lt. Aldo Raine, an American with Native American roots, assembled a group of Jewish Nazi hunters, saying that each one of…
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Favorite Film and the Moment that Shaped His Path: “The Snow Queen”

At the start of his career as an animator, Hayao Miyazaki worked at studio Todei Doga in Tokyo. He quickly became disillusioned with it and almost quit the company. He later recalled: “Had I not seen The Snow Queen during a film screening hosted by the company labor union, I honestly doubt that I would…