PODCAST: Inglourious Basterds (with Joshua Rothkopf)

Has Quentin Tarantino matured as a filmmaker, or does his talky WWII actioner Inglourious Basterds prove yet another indulgent film pastiche? Is its Jewish revenge plot cathartic, or merely insensitive? Or can we chalk its sadism up to a writer's irreverence, and ignore its political incorrectness entirely? It's just a movie, right?

Time Out New York senior film writer Joshua Rothkopf (who recently spoke with Tarantino and star Christoph Waltz) doesn't have quite as much love for QT's Nazi-licious new epic as I do, which is why we met up for a "pubcast" at Brooklyn's Jakewalk bar—where we could spill our thoughts, and hopefully not our beer.

To listen to the podcast, click here. (24:21)

Podcast Music
INTRO: David Bowie, "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)"
OUTRO: Ennio Morricone, "Rabbia E Tarantella"



Posted by ahillis at August 24, 2009 10:15 PM