52 INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS 2009
IT’S EASY TO forget in the afterglow of that Quentin Tarantino has previously drunk from the well of Sergio Leone film titles. opens with a chapter called ‘Once Upon A Time In, courses with the belief that the movies can do anything, be it kill Hitler or save Sharon Tate. Yet here, the men-past-their-prime sadness is replaced with a joy in subverting historical fidelity and war-movie conventions. All in all, Tarantino’s seventh film might well be his most fun.
