Inglorious Basterds

Inglorious Basterds is a film that expresses how groups of people known as the “Nazi-scalping squad” went around killing anyone associated with Nazi’s. In the beginning of the film, there was a Nazi leader who went into this man’s home looking for Jews hiding within the home. When this man came to this home he was trying to figure out whether this person was hiding nearby Jewish families from the Nazis in order for them not to be killed. It was obvious that the leader knew that this person was hiding them there. The leader finally convinced the man to tell him the truth that he was hiding the Jews underneath his home. The leader had the Nazi’s come in and start shooting through the floor killing everyone except for a young girl who got away and ran through the field to get away. The leader tried shooting at her and yelled at her while she ran. I’m not really sure why they showed this girl covered in blood running for the Nazi leader. I think it was a way of showing the male domination over women by showing control over her. Later in the film, this same young girl grew up and owned her own cinema. This cinema was going to show a Nazi film where all of these Nazi people would come and watch it. The Nazi scalping squad, the girl and her African-American friend had the plan of blowing up the cinema and kill everyone. This film seemed similar to The Hollywood Renaissance films; all male dominated and almost all white, except for the African-American friend of the female who owns the cinema. The female in this film was an interest of the top Nazi killer, which the film that was going to be viewed was about. This male would not leave this girl alone even when she told him no on multiple occasions. The scene toward the end was when she was up in the film room and this Nazi man came up there to see her. She told him he couldn’t be up there and he obviously wanted to come in the room. He didn’t listen and barged into the room. This depicts the image of where women say “no” but really mean yes. Also, at this scene this girl attempts killing this Nazi man and in return he shoots and kills her. This depicts the image where woman were suppose to be seen and not heard and die.