tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post569620318347050633..comments2024-03-28T03:27:41.105-07:00Comments on ConFluence Film Blog: The Curious Case of Hugo Stiglitz: Points of Reference in Inglourious BasterdsDANIEL KREMERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11702754388135237154noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4383666616230951888.post-13821289908582059242009-12-15T09:19:08.343-08:002009-12-15T09:19:08.343-08:00Another important film to mention, I believe, is A...Another important film to mention, I believe, is Alberto De Martino's Dirty Heroes (1967, released in the U.S. in 1968-69, thus the title being a riff on the Dozen), one of the legion of Frederick Stafford WWII/espionage thrillers to come out of the 60's. However, what is key about that film is that we are given the feeling of a war winding down, and this permeates and rings true and clear throughout the overall film. This, essentially, is the same feeling we are handed in Basterds, a la Aldo Raine saying, "You may'a'heard about the armada comin' up"), and also the sense of a Third Reich that is diminishing as things draw to a close that is both certain and uncertain. This is again used as a stage for "fictive" genre elements to assume their all-important role. Have you seen Dirty Heroes (the number of AKAs for the title is, of course, a substantial number).DANIEL KREMERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11702754388135237154noreply@blogger.com