Yeah, I wouldn’t go so far as to say a mis-spelled title signifies a genius. However, that is not to say Quentin Tarantino isn’t a genius
Obviously, I don’t know the real reason for the title. There could be so many:
He wants to seperate his film with its name sake predecessor
It’s related to a going-on within the film (accents, a situation etc.)
He accidentally spelled it wrong on the script, when this was pointed out to him, he just ran with it for whatever reason
It’s an indicator of the tone of the film
It has a personal significance (i.e. family/peer related, something from childhood etc.)
There is no specific reason, he just thought it would be cool
It could be a number of reasons as opposed to a solitary one, as we all know, it’s often the case that QT has multiple reasons for doing something within his films. We may find out the reasoning, we may not. QT enjoys the mystique surrounding aspects of his film as akin to the filmmakers of old such as John Ford. That’s the reason why he doesn’t commentate on his DVD films, and the reason why he probably won’t ever provide us with a self-commentary.
As much as I was opposed to the spelling of the title, it has actually grown on me in the sense that when I look at the title, I share a belongingness(sp?) with it. When I look at the title, I know it’s QT’s own much like when I see the titles of his other films. “Inglorious Bastards” holds a cold and formal connotation, to me now. “Inglourious Basterds” holds a warm, subjective-in-the-eyes-of QT sort of connotation. The former signifies a formal standard and correctness, the latter signifies informality and witticism. I wouldn’t be surprised if the film’s intonation mirrored this.
[quote=“Sebastian”]
just to bring this up again: titles don’t have to mean shit, example: Reservoir Dogs
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Why don’t you just lock this thread. That way, there’ll be no debating the title, the spelling etc and serve the greatest purpose on earth by not annoying you
[quote=“Sebastian”]
i’m not annoyed, I’m just representing the opposite opinion to yours, if everyone was your opinion, who’d be contradicting you
[/quote]I guess what he’s insinuating here is that certain moderators would rather we don’t talk about it because it’s a waste of time. But then that would be suggesting that you won and we lost etc.
However if you lock this thread, remember this: you may have won the battle but not the WARRRRR!!!
