This Friday, Doc Films caps its Quentin Tarantino retrospective "Burn Down The Cinema" with the first look at Inglourious Basterds since it left theaters. How do you enjoy the mature work of Hollywood's former enfant terrible if you missed it the first time around? Your answer in four parts.
We Present Four Ways For You To Enjoy Inglourious Basterds
Q: Where were you in 1993? A: Watching True Romance
Sobering fact for persons of a certain vintage: it has now been 17 years since Dazed and Confused came out, which is precisely the amount of time between its 1976 setting and its 1993 release. We may have to wait for a loving generational appraisal via coming-of-age story for that epoch, but that doesn't mean we can't ask "What were the kids into in 1993?" If you were going to make Dazed and Confused II: The Grunge, what would the characters be watching and listening to?
We're All (Severed) Ears for Death Proof
We've been fans of Quentin Tarantino's soundtracks ever since he thought to intersperse snippets of Steven Wright's radio monologues between tunes by the George Baker Selection and Stealer's Wheel. In college they were utilized to great effect at parties since back then most of the songs Tarantino picked had never been re-issued. (The glut of "one-hit wonder" albums hadn't hit yet since most songs hadn't been licensed for compilation use.)
Free Movie Friday
Actually, this is more like Free Movie Monday and Free Movie Wednesday but that title just sounds so much catchier.
...You'll Never Go Back
Shut yo mouth! For those of you caught up in the current Blaxploitation revival – from the making-of drama Baadasssss! to the IFC documentary Baadasssss Cinema to several other films with the word "Baadasssss" in the title – you need to head down to the Gene Siskel Film Center tomorrow night. On the bill is a 90-minute collection of trailers for Blaxploitation films. The Film Center's website says,
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