After the film there was a hearty Q&A where Tarantino exlaimed that the movie was not about the Holocaust nor was it ever attempting to be much more than a WWII adventure movie in the vein of “The Great Escape”. Which isn’t to say that one couldn’t get more from it but “not every movie about WWII has to be about The Holocaust”. Some of the elderly Jews in the audience were put off by the violence as audible gasps could be heard at the films bloodier scenes.

The issue of revenge was brought up as many Jews expressed that seeing this variation of history played out appealed to their “release factor” that wishes the war could have ended earlier and with less damage to their community. Eli Roth who played Lt. Donny “The Bear Jew” Donowitz in the film talked about how great it felt during the climax of the film to be the one who got to kill Adolf Hitler telling how people come up to him on the street and congratulate him for killing the Fuhrer.

Tarantino will be screening “Inglorous Basterds” and “Pulp Fiction” at the historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood on Monday February 8th. I’m not sure why I’m telling you this, it is of course Sold Out.