The movie Inglorious Bastards by Quentin Tarantino begins with a Nazi officer investigating rumors about Jewish stowaways hiding on a small French farm. This intense scene provides the viewer with information regarding the background of the story if they understand film analysis, psychoanalytic and sociologic concepts. The camera work in this scene both foreshadows events and establishes power for our main antagonist of the film, Colonel Hans Landa. The unique way in which the scene is filmed allows us to read the character’s emotions on a much deeper level. Tarantino disguises a lot of valuable information from the viewer that can only be discovered through the use of media analysis. When the scene begins, Colonel Hans Landa of the formidable
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Before the frenzy of machine gun fire, a discussion amongst the farmer and Landa takes place. Landa uses a metaphor to describe the manner in which he feels about the German and Jewish populations. He describes the Germans as highly intellectual and fearsome hunters like the hawk, while marginalizing the Jewish people by comparing them to disease ridden and hostile rats. These analogies cultivate specific stereotypes spread across the globe in the 1940’s. Landa even refers to his ideologies being proven through revered German war propaganda. Sociologically, we can see how the elitist class of the Nazi regime manipulate the ideologies being implemented into society. This also reveals how effective propaganda can be, considering someone as intellectual as Landa easily believes the message communicated to him through the media. Tarantino further cultivates these stereotypes and enforces the ideology of the manipulated working class by the clothes each character wears. The farmer wears dirty clothes that have rips and tears. The clothes he wears commutes a message of poverty and a low class standing in society. This makes sense considering his profession of a dairy farmer. In comparison, Landa is shown wearing an elaborate military uniform. Not only does he dress well, he parts his hair and shaves his face, as opposed to the farmer’s unkempt hair and beard. The appearances of the character plays an important role in communicating a subconscious message to the viewer regarding their social
Before the frenzy of machine gun fire, a discussion amongst the farmer and Landa takes place. Landa uses a metaphor to describe the manner in which he feels about the German and Jewish populations. He describes the Germans as highly intellectual and fearsome hunters like the hawk, while marginalizing the Jewish people by comparing them to disease ridden and hostile rats. These analogies cultivate specific stereotypes spread across the globe in the 1940’s. Landa even refers to his ideologies being proven through revered German war propaganda. Sociologically, we can see how the elitist class of the Nazi regime manipulate the ideologies being implemented into society. This also reveals how effective propaganda can be, considering someone as intellectual as Landa easily believes the message communicated to him through the media. Tarantino further cultivates these stereotypes and enforces the ideology of the manipulated working class by the clothes each character wears. The farmer wears dirty clothes that have rips and tears. The clothes he wears commutes a message of poverty and a low class standing in society. This makes sense considering his profession of a dairy farmer. In comparison, Landa is shown wearing an elaborate military uniform. Not only does he dress well, he parts his hair and shaves his face, as opposed to the farmer’s unkempt hair and beard. The appearances of the character plays an important role in communicating a subconscious message to the viewer regarding their social