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Army of Shadows vs. Inglourious Basterds

When watching Army of Shadows recently, I could not help comparing it to Inglourious Basterds.  It might not be fair to compare Army of Shadows’s realistic portrayal of the French Resistance to the Nazi-killing fantasy, but let’s do it anyway. There was something disorienting about the way that Quintin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds glorified violence while … Continue reading “Army of Shadows vs. Inglourious Basterds”

Is it Safe?: Torture American-Style

In the movie Marathon Man, there’s a famous sequence where the Nazi war criminal (played by Laurence Olivier) uses dental tools on Dustin Hoffman’s mouth to torture him into answering the code question “Is it safe?”  I remember the movie from my youth, as well as movies like The Deer Hunter, which shows America’s enemies … Continue reading “Is it Safe?: Torture American-Style”