Of any Tarantino film ever made, "Inglorious Basterds" influenced me the most. This film's extensively-developed plot, detailed costuming, realistic gore makeup, and simple, wide shots have forced me to rethink my personal filmmaking style.
The reason I believe that this is Tarantino's masterpiece is because of the way he makes the story and the violence so real to the audience. In "Inglorious Basterds" he unveiled a theme very sensitive to us in a such an avant-garde and potentially destructive fashion, that you can't help but respect this film. Tarantino successfully created a new kind of gruesome war-cinema that is expressed in not only "Inglorious Basterds" but also in nearly every film he ever made. He has created modern, stylistic violence.
When anyone indulges in a Tarantino film, there are certain expectations that need to be met. Everything onscreen will be purposeful, visually interesting, and there is often a repeated, mastered shot. In this specific film, the shot that Tarantino has mastered and repeated is a Point of View shot that looks up from the ground. This is used anytime Pitt's character is engraving the Nazi symbol on someone's forehead as well as during fast-moving fight scenes. I strive to be able to effectively include this type of shot in one of my upcoming films.
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