Film Screening:

Inglourious Basterds
(Quentin Tarantino, 2009, 153 min, USA/Germany, in English, Color, DCP)

-- Introduced by Prof. Maya Barzilai (Univ. of Michigan); Q&A to follow!

Inglourious Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as "The Basterds," Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own.

-- Oscar Winner for Actor in a Supporting role at Academy Awards (2010)!

-- 7 Oscar Nominations, including for Best Motion Picture and Best Achievement in Directing (2010)!

"It all makes for one bloody, nasty, funny film. And despite its indulgences, one that will rightly be hailed as a comeback for its rockstar director." - Russell Baillie, New Zealand Herald

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Sponsors: The Program in Arts of the Moving Image (AMI), the Center for Jewish Studies, and the Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies.