Although we are already back home from Cannes there is still a lot to talk about. One thing being the winners that will be announced this Sunday, but more of that later. Now I want to talk about Quentin Tarantinos Inglorious Basterds. The premiere of the movie was in Cannes on Wednesday and of course we (me and Pekka) were there to report from the scene and make an episode of Cannes Dailies. Unfortunately the dailies episode in question didn´t make into this posting because it is still on the editing table, but I will be posting it as soon a s possible.
MOVIE
Inglourious Basterds is the sixth film from director Quentin Tarantino and it takes place in Nazi-occupied France during World War II, where a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. QT bought the rights for the movie entitled The Inglorious Bastards because he loved the title. People seem to be under the impression that this is a re-make of the original film but it is not. He just loved the title and bought the rights just because of that. And as you know the title is deliberately miss-spelled so they don´t get confused.
As in all of Tarantino´s films also Inglourious Basterds has a great cast. QT is very well known for his ability to assemble great casts and now he has the biggest ensemble cast he has ever had. I´m very exited of the fact that BJ Novak is playing a part in the film. Also top marks on casting Diane Kruger and Mélanie Laurent who seems like a very interesting fresh new actress.
MARKETING IN CANNES
This year the famous Carlton Hotel was invaded by Inglourious Basterds character posters. There were even a few posters that I hadn´t seen before. Here are photos from outside the hotel.
PREMIERE IN CANNES
The Inglourious Basterds premiere was definitely the biggest event of the festival. Obviously there were a lot of people and since we were quite close to the famous red steps we were surrounded by hundreds of hardcore fans and celebrity stalkers. We had this brilliant idea that we would wave an issue of Truth Today, a fake newspaper for Iron Sky claiming that moon nazis are attacking earth, to Mr. Tarantino when he would look at our way. This didn´t go too well with the French, because apparently I was blocking somebody’s view of Brad Pitt or whoever and I got really close of starting a riot in the ground. At some point a guy twice my size grabbed my stack of news papers from my hands an trough them on the ground very violently. I was getting a little bit scared at this point so I decided to stop before they beat the living shit out of me (a small girl…). Well I did make it out alive and unharmed.
Here is a few photos of the event.
Mr. Tarantino arrived with the rest of the cast and he started dancing on the red carpet. He sure knows how to entertain a crowd. I remember when Aki Kaurismäki also danced on that same red carpet some years back when he was there with his film The Man Without a Past. If I ever get the change to have a film in the competition I promise to show you some moves on the red carpet as well. Present from the cast were at least Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Mike Myers, Michael Fassbender, Til Schweiger and of course our favorite, the brilliant BJ Novak. Also Angelina Jolie, Sharon Stone and even Paris Hilton (who was unfashionable late for the event) were there to see the film.
Everyone who I have talked to who have seen the film had really liked it and said it was very funny and entertaining. The rest of the world needs to wait until August 21st when it premieres (at lest in the States). Most likely the rest of us need to wait even longer, unless of course you want to download it from Pirate Bay. I don´t want to because I want to see it in a movie theatre, but if I´m pushed too far, then I might have no choice…
Well that is it for now. Don´t forget to stay tuned for the Cannes Dailies Inglourious Basterds episode that I will be posting soon and also for a very special trailer we did while we were in Cannes. And of course more diaries coming from movie festival all trough the year.
In the end here I have this amazing group photo of the Basterds.
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