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Maximilian Schell, Austrian, later Swiss actor, playing Nazi officer in Counterpoint vs Charlton Heston.

Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor, playing Nazi officer in Inglorious Bastards vs Brad Pitt.


Tarantino's fantasy is not a "real" movie, but still I can't not to notice similarities, in their real life backgrounds, their physical appearances and most importantly their characters as charming, smiling Nazis.


AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything, but imo it's heavily influenced.



Generally, without Hitler, we would have like 30-40% less great movies?

The superheroes crap would have started decades earlier, no?
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On 1/8/26 6:51 AM, *skriptis wrote:

Maximilian Schell, Austrian, later Swiss actor, playing Nazi officer in Counterpoint vs Charlton Heston.

Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor, playing Nazi officer in Inglorious Bastards vs Brad Pitt.

Tarantino's fantasy is not a "real" movie, but still I can't not to notice similarities, in their real life backgrounds, their physical appearances and most importantly their characters as charming, smiling Nazis.

AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything, but imo it's heavily influenced.

Generally, without Hitler, we would have like 30-40% less great movies?

The superheroes crap would have started decades earlier, no?

Good points.

Waltz's Nazi officer's party chit-chat with the main actress in
Inglourious Basterds, about how she broke her leg mountain climbing, is
one of the all-time great short scenes. Everything about it, from the
supposed introductions of the American as Italians--and the accompanying stereotypical gestures and posturing--to his react to the supposed cause
for the cast made me watch it again and again.

For your pleasure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZNw71CZpXA
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*skriptis kirjoitti 8.1.2026 klo 16.51:

Maximilian Schell, Austrian, later Swiss actor, playing Nazi officer in Counterpoint vs Charlton Heston.

Schell of course is more known for his other roles as a Nazi, it appears
I've seen all of them (even "The Condemned of Altona") - except
Counterpoint.


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Sawfish kirjoitti 8.1.2026 klo 19.19:

On 1/8/26 6:51 AM, *skriptis wrote:

Maximilian Schell, Austrian, later Swiss actor, playing Nazi officer
in Counterpoint vs Charlton Heston.

Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor, playing Nazi officer in Inglorious
Bastards vs Brad Pitt.


Tarantino's fantasy is not a "real" movie, but still I can't not to
notice similarities, in their real life backgrounds, their physical
appearances and most importantly their characters as charming, smiling
Nazis.


AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything, but imo it's heavily
influenced.



Generally, without Hitler, we would have like 30-40% less great movies?

The superheroes crap would have started decades earlier, no?

Good points.

Waltz's Nazi officer's party chit-chat with the main actress in
Inglourious Basterds, about how she broke her leg mountain climbing, is
one of the all-time great short scenes. Everything about it, from the supposed introductions of the American as Italians--and the accompanying stereotypical gestures and posturing--to his react to the supposed cause
for the cast made me watch it again and again.

For your pleasure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZNw71CZpXA

Amazing how well Pitt imitates the Italian accent here. :))
Perfect.
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*skriptis kirjoitti 8.1.2026 klo 16.51:

AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything

The scene Saw posted does remain me of BBC series Secret Army or more
like the parody version of it.

Tarantino rips off everything. If I recall correctly Basterds also had
some over the top violence & slow motion, no doubt copied from Peckinpah
& influenced by spaghetti westerns.
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In article <10joov9$1mjc7$1@dont-email.me>,
Sawfish <sawfish666@gmail.com> wrote:

On 1/8/26 6:51 AM, *skriptis wrote:

Maximilian Schell, Austrian, later Swiss actor, playing Nazi officer in Counterpoint vs Charlton Heston.

Christoph Waltz, Austrian actor, playing Nazi officer in Inglorious Bastards vs Brad Pitt.


Tarantino's fantasy is not a "real" movie, but still I can't not to notice similarities, in their real life backgrounds, their physical appearances and most importantly their characters as charming, smiling Nazis.


AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything, but imo it's heavily influenced.



Generally, without Hitler, we would have like 30-40% less great movies?

The superheroes crap would have started decades earlier, no?

Good points.

Waltz's Nazi officer's party chit-chat with the main actress in
Inglourious Basterds, about how she broke her leg mountain climbing, is
one of the all-time great short scenes. Everything about it, from the >supposed introductions of the American as Italians--and the accompanying >stereotypical gestures and posturing--to his react to the supposed cause
for the cast made me watch it again and again.

For your pleasure:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZNw71CZpXA

Thanks. Helluva movie.
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TT <TT@dprk.kp> writes:

*skriptis kirjoitti 8.1.2026 klo 16.51:

AI says Tarantino hasn't ripped off anything

The scene Saw posted does remain me of BBC series Secret Army or
more
like the parody version of it.

Tarantino rips off everything. If I recall correctly Basterds
also had
some over the top violence & slow motion, no doubt copied from
Peckinpah & influenced by spaghetti westerns.

Yet he had the gall to claim the "Hunger Games" is a rip-off of
"Battle Royale" recently (not that I liked the former).

"I do not understand how the Japanese writer didnrCOt sue Suzanne
Collins for every fucking thing she owns," he said. "They just
ripped off the fuckinrCO book. Stupid book critics are not going to
go watch a Japanese movie called Battle Royale so the stupid book
critics never called her on it. They talked about how it was the
most original fuckinrCO thing theyrCOd ever read. As soon as the film
critics saw the film, they said, 'What the fuck? This is just
Battle Royale except PG!'"
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