Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Friday, July 31, 2009
Well before there was Christoph Waltz as ruthless Nazi Col. Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds there was Klaus Kinski as ruthless Nazi SS Colonel Hans Mueller in Five for Hell. If there was one movie character that the portrayal of Waltz as Landa most reminded me of while watching Inglourious, it was Kinski as Hans Mueller. I can definitely see at least in some fashion Quentin Tarantino drawing inspiration from Klaus Kinski when writing Landa’s character. It was actually at one of Tarantino’s famous QT Fests where he showed a print of this that I first saw it and immediately reflected back to after seeing Inglourious in Cannes with its similar movie characters by Kinski and Waltz. Both performances alone make each film worth watching. I did get a chance to congratulate Christoph Waltz on his wonderful and daring performance but just wasn’t time to chit chat about Klaus… maybe someday!
Side note that the still isn’t nearly as restored as I normally post them but since this comes from an incredibly rare official French lobbycard that dates to its original 1969 release, it will take me considerable time and many months before I’ll have a final version. In the meantime I did make various restoration to this one, just nowhere near as much as usual, but I do think this image shows the film very vividly and with great color. You would be hard pressed to find a better image of this online.
Leading up to the August 21st release of Inglourious Basterds in US movie theaters I will be posting images from WWII films that helped to inspire it. In addition starting on Monday I will be running a special Inglourious Basterds contest!
Inglourious Basterds:
::: Official Site
::: Official Twitter
::: Official Austin Premiere
Fantastic Fest earlier this week announced a premiere event in Austin, Texas, for Inglourious Basterds to kick off Cinemapocalyse which will also feature two WWII films hand picked by Tarantino himself immediately following! And note that Enzo Castellari’s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS will be screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz from August 3-5 (details).
Related Coverage:
::: The Klaus Kinski Files
::: Five for Hell Review by Matt Blake
::: Mike Fleming interviews Tarantino on post-Cannes cut
::: Anne Thompson interviews Tarantino on Inglourious Basterds
::: Read my interview with Enzo Castellari on Twitch
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)
::: Cinema is Dope: Best of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival
