I noticed that as well! But the scene is so well shot! Fassbender enter and does not know how to respond to seeing the PM and before any salutations are made he interrupted by Mike Myres.
@@AlKhebir11 Yes, PM is technically a civilian, but he's also de facto Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces, while de jure C-i-C is the king but it's ceremonial. I don't know how it works in UK, but in most of countries' armies, you're supposed to salute C-i-C as he is the top of the chain of command.
And here's a line to say to your wife for if she ventures an opinion whilst you're having a conversation with a friend, 'you dear sweet little thing, don't you have some cakes to go and make'. ^^
We actually still speak like this in the officers' mess. It's not an aspiration to anything, it's just genuinely a result of most officers coming from a certain background.
I mean, he didn't, but it's not surprising you think he did! At 4:05, we go from a close shot of Meyers picking up the pointer and pointing it at something very far off-screen, to a close-up of the pointer on Nadine, the pointer flicking away before a medium shot of Meyers holding the pointer up more unsteadily, in the vicinity of Paris. Odds are Tarantino told him to just point at Paris or thereabouts (since that's easy to find on a map), then filmed the close-up insert shot separately, using the flick away to justify why the pointer might not be in the correct location afterwards. Magic of good editing, kudos to Tarantino and Sally Menke (the editor of the film, who sadly died in 2010, she'd been the editor for all of Tarantino's films up to this point) for making the sequence work so damn seamlessly.
@@jellslixcy6168 There's a difference between knowing where it is and being able to stick pointer at it without hesitation, especially as it's in a myriad of other names of the exact same design.
😁 There was this scene from a popular thriller back in the 90s. It was supposed to be a serious plot about some female psycho-sexual Murderer. Fatal instinct or hand that rocks the cradle maybe. It's supposed to be dramatic, but then the camera pans over to the homicide detective and it's Al Bundy. People in the theater were cracking up. Some actors cant escape their early casting. 😂
@@jacobb5625 I imagine not sincerity, apologies are often better the more eloquently put they are and by the kind of voice speaking them. A truly genuine apology worded poorly will be viewed as half assed. Perhaps though a 60/40. I think however an apology becomes meaningless no matter what, depending on the caliber of the affront of which you need to make an apology for.
The first time I watched this scene, I didn't even recognize Mike Myers. It wasn't until I saw his name in the credits that I realized where he'd been. What a phenomenal actor
You could tell Quentin Tarantino was having the time of his life with this scene, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more British scene in a Tarantino movie, the colours in the room, the accent the movements it’s all so extreme and almost satirical.
I've always suspected Tarantino of trying to make these guys as smoothly British as he possibly could, given that they phrase absolutely nothing in the way a normal person would and they also pepper this conversation with their little poetic idioms. Even watching this as a kid I assumed it had to be intentional.
If Stiglitz was, in fact, going to be one of Von Hammersmark’s escorts to the theater, wouldn’t their cover be blown instantly, due to Stiglitz’s notorious reputation throughout Germany?
@@daxmiller35 seemed to not fool a major in the tavern. But I think they were going with “everyone in the German army has heard of Hugo Stieglitz” but not everyone has seen his face kind of thing.
@@OneofInfinity. yea and Tarantino casting the likes of Mike Meyers for the role of a WW2 general is totally normal LMAO. don’t act like you have superior taste than everyone else you hipster
@@patmalloy3569 But he’s always only been in comedies LOL. Apart from terminal and bohemian rhapsody, which both came out almost 10 years after Tarantino first casted him. You could argue that Tarantino’s movies are essentially all comedies in disguise though.
Yes provided that your not one of the colonized countries then the British will be so nice to u. And also what part of Britain u know what that’s just a stupid stereotype
There's a few Mike Myers hallmarks in here. He has a way of holding or pushing his breath that makes lines funny for some reason, and does these weird whisper-lines occasionally. I'd say he just did a bunch of takes and the Dr Evil face movements just came out at least once.
The hilarious part about this is that none of the three actors are English. Fassbender is Irish, Myers is Canadian, and Rod Taylor is Australian. I'm pretty sure this was intentional.
Best part is that Mike Myers mother worked in the RAF war-room during the battle of Britain and had an intelligence pass that she had sworn to never give detail about... So he's actually one of the most appropriately casted people in this movie given he's playing a British intelligence officer - both here and in Austin Powers lmao.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate how the way overqualified (and tragically underrated) Rod Taylor _ABSOLUTELY F*CKING NAILS IT_ as Winston Churchill in this scene? The way he's just silently analyzing Fassbender's character in the background the whole time, studying him methodically to see if he's actually cut out for this mission, like, it's so subtle but accurate to his strategic genius.
Well let’s look at the choices he made. Big dramatic intros for Aldo, Hitler, Stieglitz. Huge, gut wrenching scene introducing Hans and Shoshana. This scene itself is that dramatic intro for Hicox. Churchill, in stark contrast to all these other people, is the guy who needs no introduction. There’s some great subtext from the set but the significance of this character is fueled by sheer unspoken gravitas. You’re expected to know who he is and, also unlike other characters, given no cues for who he is morally. Not only do you have to cast someone who sells this in just a few rather dry lines, but someone who can sell Churchill to Brits. If all of this doesn’t hit just right on screen, you’ve just got an old guy in the background of the Hicox scene. A featured extra. Instead, you either know exactly who it is, or you know that you’re supposed to. Bonus geeky ramblings- it’s a similar mechanism to the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. He made a portable box with a lightbulb inside into something of urgent, otherworldly value. Mostly by saying as little about it as possible. In this scene in Basterds, there’s a subtext of counter-intelligence. Hicox has been thoroughly vetted but we see this last point where they still don’t fully trust him. He could inform the Germans, or even make a move on Churchill. Hence he isn’t told who Churchill is right away and Myers’s character wrestles Hicox’s attention away at first. They possibly want to see Hicox’s reaction, in case he blows it similar to how he blows it in France. You don’t see much of this conspicuously huge room they’re all in, possibly because there are people there to take him down if he goes for Churchill. They sell Myers as the chief in that room and a German spy might take that bait where a Brit never would. It’s not an accident that Hicox pours both drinks from a bar positioned next to his entrance. It’s speculation and maybe there’s some other historical significance to these details but all together it gives the sense that this person is well looked after, well protected, even relatively out in the open. Lots to unpack here.
Tarantino is a master at dialogue. The opening scene and the pub scene especially but all of his movies, the dialogue is just so natural and flows so well with the story he weaves.
Not a single Englishman to be found in the scene either. Mike Myers, Canadian, Rod Taylor, Australian and of course the brilliant Michael Fassbender, German.
Well Mike Myers is the weakest of the three by far, and slips a little into camp for no apparent reason. Fassbender is simply mint though. Spot on for the era.
The David O. Selznick line was likely something that Hicox considered a throwaway, but it was that little gem of extra knowledge, going beyond simply answering the question asked, that confirmed to Churchill that he was the man for the job. Absolutely not a word out of place in the script.
This scene is so superb. It’s funny how Mike Myer’s character can pick a small city on a map with literally thousands of other cities on it a foot over his head with a pointer. 😆
"What shall we drink to, sir?" "Well, um...down with Hitler." "All the way down, sir." One of the best lines in the movie. Fassbender is great in this scene.
Fun fact: NONE of the actors here are British. Mike Myers is Canadian. Michael Fassbender is half Irish / half German, born in Germany and raised in Ireland. Rod Taylor is Australian. I have NO doubt that Tarantino planned the scene this way. It's a film about WW2 films, so this scene where they discuss German cinema is about American portrayals of the British in American cinema.
Could be. Churchill's instruction to "brief him" might mean that he had the final say on using Hicox in the operation. Hicox is clearly a little flummoxed - who is his immediate superior? Churchill in the distance, or the general? He goes with the general.
@@stevekaczynski3793 the reason he did as the General told him was because Churchill wasn't formally introduced to Hicox therefore he doesn't acknowledge Churchil until he speaks to Hicox directly which means for official purposes Churchill wasn't present in this meeting.
I think it's more about the classy thing to do. Churchill is out if the way, so yes unofficially there. But the lieutenant walked in and is taken back by churchill. The general, clears his throat to get the lieutenants attention. Then they talk and the lieutenant doesn't speak to churchill until directly spoken too. He seems to understand that churchill just wants to observe him. He even glances back over his shoulder early on to see if that's really churchill or just look at him cuz he's still a bit taken back by him Awesome scene
Defo a test I reckon... this secret mission would potentially have you bumping into some of the top German commanders... if you looked nervous just having Churchill watch you unexpectedly then you’d be shitting it potentially speaking to Goebells, Himmler etc.
X Men and the Alien films sold me on how great he is, he’s got this subtle swagger to him and really does like command the screen and I’m always curious what his performance will be like
Love how for 90% of the scene, Churchill is just sitting there, smoking a cigar and being fat. EDIT: I think this is a perfectly obvious satirical joke, but as most of the replies show for themselves, it was once again taken as an invitation for political opinions. If i was aiming for belittling, trashtalking or making a political statement, i definitely wouldn't have made a stupid, 2 line comment about Churchill "being fat". Especially not in a clip from an absurd and exaggerated Tarantino film, of all places.
@@ericsbuds Judging from the way the lowly lieutenant is surprised to see the man, then the way he orders around the general, I'm guessing he's supposed to be Churchill.
Being British... I always start off by apologizing...John Cleese once famously said that the "English should have an"most frightfully sorry day "! Make it a public holiday, what what !
The proper British reply to that is...."Right, I'm fully aware of the fact that you are quite smitten with sorrow and remorse. However, old boy, that does me no good to ponder the inexplicable degree to which you entertain such foolish notions, so be a good chap now and sincerely apologize."
@@fionahiggins6682 . . .speaking as an Anglophile we find it amusing that the only people more sorry than Catholics who haven't done anything particularly wrong are the English. Cheers.
Quentin Tarantino really knows how to pull you in to a scene that would other wise be boring and unintelligent by many other directors. I love his movies but Bastards by far is my favorite. There isn’t a single scene that he did not detail.
@@Murtagh653 Tatum is good when given the right direction, jump Street is a good example, but most of the time he isn't and so is left floundering about being a pretty face.
Hicox's uniform has the following characteristics: He wears the Commando Green Beret, the Combined Operations badge on his left arm, 'No.4 COMMANDO' flashes on his shoulders and an Intelligence Corps cap badge on his beret. This means he was an Intelligence Corps officer who passed the Commando Course at Achnacarry and was serving at the time as part of 'No.4 COMMANDO' (A Commando means both a commando trained individual and a battalion sized formation of commando troops). His 2 medals are the Military Cross (an award for bravery in the face of the enemy) and the Africa Star. This means he was in Africa 1942-43, during which time his conduct earned him the MC.
Michael Meyers is tragically underrated, which is really unfortunate, he's type cast in most people's mind as a bumbling comedy actor, when in fact he's capable of so much more.
I don't know. Its very hard not to burst out laughing when he is speaking. I noticed some direct close ups are avoided, probably to avoid the austin powers effect.
It is very impressively made, however I will note QT mentioned he was parodying exposition scenes with this one That it still comes out so brilliantly is impressive regardless
@@adrenalinpump7601 C'mon dude lets not be 'that guy'. Being racist is so pointless now and all this has shown me is that it doesn't matter where you come from we're all susceptible to corruption from power and we all manifest it in different ways. The giant leap we've taken technologically over the last 70 years has been quite frankly astounding and brought on a whole load of information that overloads us daily and society is constantly shifting to new things. I dont care if theres gay pride, a few of my best mates are gay from both sexes and its insightful. If your seeing child drag queens I pray for the parents. And people have been abusing drugs and alcohol for years are the people that do will continue to do so until it kills them. I like to think of it as natural selection. I dont think the government care about unemployment as much as they let as it rises most years but then again I think its adversely affected by my earlier tech point. More and more jobs can be given to a machine or computer program. Yeah Hitler was a massive driving force for the building up of his country and a powerful orator he was still a massive bellend under all that hot air and delusional, total out of touch grandeur that purged people and killed the others who didn't agree with him.
@@adrenalinpump7601 When the crimes are mostly committed by state forces they are not officially regarded as crimes. One historian of the Third Reich wrote that it both intimidated and absorbed criminal energies. For example, if you were inclined to arson, you could burn down a synagogue as in Kristallnacht and not even go to jail for it.
I would happily see a movie expanded around these three characters in that room. Love the scene. Everything about it. the Carpet under Churchill. The sumptuous colours the Globe Drinks cabinet. the Map. 11/10 this scene.
Now I see Mike Myers in this scene. I didn't know that he was acting in Inglorious Basterds. He is Canadian and played an awesome part in Austin Powers.
You know, as the years have gone by and I’ve rewatched countless of hundreds of my favorite movie scenes, even though “Inglorious Basterds” is not my favorite movie, this scene is more and more becoming my favorite.
"Quite well, actually. Since Goebbels has taken over, film attendance has steadily risen in Germany over the last eight years. But Louis B.Mayer wouldn't be Goebbels proper opposite number. I believe Goebbels see's himself closer to David O.Selznick."
+ffjsb PFFFT... Nicolas Cage is awesome WTF are you talking about? And no offense but this is basically the ONLY movie Mike Myers has ever been in that was decent. Other than this, what has he ever done? Wayne's World? Austin Powers? SNL? C'mon, LMAO! On the other hand, Nic Cage has done Leaving Las Vegas, Con Air, Matchstick Men, Lord of War, Adaptation, Bad Lieutenant, City of Angels, National Treasure, The Weatherman, Joe... all great movies. Yes he's been in his fair share of crap too like The Wickerman remake and Left Behind but he's still a great actor and he's been in many more good movies than bad. Comparing him to Myers as an actor is laughable!
+That's What You Get For Waking Up In Vegas Nick Cage is basically the same character in each one too. Nobody ever said, "I didn't realize that was Nicolas Cage!!".... I certainly wouldn't call him "awesome", adequate, MAYBE.
This is so good, you can tell it takes a lot of inspiration from all those spy movies that were coming out during the 60s and 70s. As usual Tarantino doesn't shy away from insane dialogues that are closer to a theatrical play than a movie script, you could analyze a lot from his work but this scene says so much about how his style oozes into everything even while making a tribute to other movies (in this case probably Agent 007 or generally the "elegant spy" archetype itself).
I loved thr etiquette of that situation. At that time, as Prime Minister, Churchill was a civilian with no rank in the military (the Commander in Chief in Britain is the King, the PM is just his "chief adviser"). But the general was, of course, a motherfucking *general*. So the lieutenant (pronounced "leftennant" in Britain) quite properly ignored the "mere civilian" and addressed the general - all the while subtly glancing over to the piano with his face screaming, "Wait, is that fucking Winston Churchill?!?" Brilliant.
Churchill was a military man before he became a politician, and was still a colonel at the time (among many honorary titles). But regardless, PM do not sit quietly and be ignored like that. Only Theresa May would!
Another fun fact: Ireland was neutral during WW2. The very few Irish who joined the Allies were treated terribly when they returned home (not out of sympathy for Germany so much as antipathy towards Britain). So Fassbender, from one neutral country and one on the wrong side, has made a career of playing characters who fight Nazis. (Obviously this is no reflection on him, just a fun twist to his career.) All three performances (even the late Rod Taylor, who only got a tiny role) were first rate. Amazing when you see A-listers who don't ham it up trying to play themselves but instead ply their craft as actors. Too many in Hollywood just play themselves over and over. My first time watching this, I didn't recognize Fassbender from BoB and didn't even recognize Mike Myers despite it being obvious now that I know.
The characterization of the British Empire as huge, impressively built and largely hollow, and having the globe treated as a resource for the comfort of the Brits is a great analogy not just to the British empire, but also how Americans viewed British involvement through film is a really understated and great element to this film.
@@kevinfrodahl5102 Damn autocorrect. I mean, it's technically not wrong, you WILL find gloves here, but yes I meant to type globes. My phone just decided I actually wanted to write gloves instead and changed it.
My favorite scene in the movie - not just for Rod Taylor coming out of retirement to play Winston Churchill, but for Mike Myers' enthusiasm for his role. He called General Ed Fenech a "dream come true," having always wanted to play a British WWII general who explains a mission. He also felt that this role respectfully emulated the military careers of his mother (British Air Force) and father (British Army). I say "bravo" to any actor who simply and completely embraces a part no matter how small.
Agree on all counts. Fassbender nails it too, he just oozes classic English charm. Taylor was as perfect as anyone you could find to be Churchill. Myer's is the weakest link and even he does great just on account of how much he obviously loved doing this.
Brent D Amen, this, the basement bar scene and the beginning farm scene are by and far the best composed scenes QT has ever put together, hands down. It amazes me down incredible this film is sometimes.
I see why he was cast for this scene, it feels like a perfect call back, as well as a wonderful sort of compliment. Mike Myers must be a pretty warm character for that to go his way. Wish you the best, your comedies were a great time.
I am so glad Rod Taylor did this one last film. I wish he would have done some more scenes or lines but was great to see him one more time before he passed away
Typecast. When you hear a name like Mike Myers you assume he's supposed to do something funny, however when you hear him along side the name Quentin Tarantino you know whatever role he's gonna be in is gonna be perfect for him no matter the genre. In this case, Myers was channeling his father in this role, whom was a member of the royal engineers in the English Army in WWII.
Austin Surridge He wrote that because he wanted the Leafs to win the Stanley Cup. He didn't care how it would happen. He's an Ontario man first and an actor second.
Austin Surridge Believe it or not he spent years writing that piece of shit movie. Being a perfectionist doesn't mean your talented, it just means you need to have every little detail going your way. There is a New York Times article on why he'd rather disappear from the spotlight for years instead of being in movies he didn't write. "'Mike is the author of what he does,” said Jay Roach, whom Mr. Myers selected to direct all of the “Austin Powers” films. “Like a novelist writing a novel over a few years, he thinks up all the details and all the layers necessary to make things work."'
The devil really is in the detail. Fassbenders uniform really is that of a ‘field’ officer of his rank at the time, and the shoulder flash is perfect. No.4 Commando, Combined operations. A man of his apparent skill set, multilingual etc. would be asked for such duty. The cap badge is difficult to see, but ‘dull’ means he’s a commando anyway, against the beret, it could be that of a Royal Marine, seconded to Army duty. But his pips are army. It’s brilliantly put together.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I really appreciate it. I love reading stuff like that. Sets me off on a rabbit hole and I just love learning. Cheers mate 👍
No.4 Commando was an Army unit and like all Army Commando units, was disbanded after WW2. Only RM Commando units remain afterwards. All commando personnel wore the green beret and special operations flashes, although they kept their parent cap badges. As mentioned already, this particular subaltern was badged with the Intelligence Corps and the badge has been blackened in typical commando style. The only glaring misstep ion this scene is Mike Myers' character saluting without a head-dress on. If you're hatless, the correct methodd of paying/returning a compliment is to stand to attention.
Excepting when they use the metric system to explain how far outside of Paris he’ll be dropped when I’ve never met anyone that would do so now let alone then.
@@kymmoore853 Good thing you weren't a character in the movie then because you would have killed them before the mission started and it would have been a much shorter movie
@@JSB103 I know, but they’re speaking in the war room in Britain, they’d use miles to explain how far outside of X they’d be dropped because, during WW2 in Britain and France most road signs were covered over so that potential enemy wouldn’t know where they were.
@@kymmoore853, that was a 'mission brief.' They were giving him 'mission data,' that is data as he would 'need to know it' in order to make his way and fufill his mission were he was to be deployed in FRANCE. Ever been in a mission brief?
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2 great villains finally together: Magneto & Dr. Evil
@@thomasvleminckx or he can be from one of the commonwealth countries , which they left in a hurry like Afghanistan , after WW2 Brits were cash strapped so they just left many lands ravaged by them to their posh London homes to sip tea and eat biscuits .. anyways that is thing of past now the same britain is filled with the people they used to colonise ..
@@thomasvleminckx Oh stfu you imbecile! The millions who starved to death in South Asia know. It seems the English had their own little Holocaust party here while fighting the "evil" Nazis.
@Mario Lisa It means "The King's English". Usually called the Queen's English these days for obvious reasons lol, it's another name for Received Pronunciation, which is seen by some as the standard British English accent. Think in the scene he was basically saying he wants to die speaking English, not German.
