Notes on the Inglourious Basterds by udhav naig 

Inglorious Basterds is widely discussed in the academic circles for many things. But the one that intrigues me the most is the way Tarantino structures his story, designs his scenes, turns the value, and creates the change¹. Most of the things that I have mentioned in the last sentence seem quite obvious, but trust me they are not. In a well defined and a well-designed scene, there is nothing that is not designed.

So, what is a scene? Robert Mckee provides a very lucid definition of a scene:

A scene is an action through conflict in more or less continuous time and space that turns the value charged condition of a character’s life on at least one value with a significant change. Ideally, every scene is a story event.

So how do you build a scene? The smallest element of a scene is called a beat. The beat is the exchange of action and reaction in a scene. Let’s take the classic girl-meets-boy scene: the girl sees the boy and looks away. The boy notices it and gives a slight smile. This action/reaction is called a beat. The beats build up to make the scene and ultimate turn it. I would be using the classical scene analysis technique that the critics and the screenwriters use to analyse what works in a scene and what doesn’t. I am particularly interested in the first twenty of Inglorious Basterds because, quite frankly, there is nothing new about it. Tarantino uses the classic genre conventions and plays by the Hollywood writing manual.

Synopsis of the scene: Col SS Hans Landa working for the Gestapo of the Nazi party is commissioned to German occupied France to flush out the Jews. He goes to the farm house of a French dairy farmer to investigate missing Jewish farmers in the area.

 EXT - DAIRY FARM- DAY

The modest dairy farm in the countryside of Nancy, France (what the French call cow country). We Read a SUBTITLE in the sky above the farm house;

 

CHAPTER ONE

"ONCE UPON A TIME IN...NAZI OCCUPIED FRANCE"

This SUBTITLE disappears, and is replaced by another one;

 

"1941

One year into the German occupation of France". The farm consists of a house, small barn, and twelve cows spread about. The owner of the property, a bull of a man FRENCH FARMER, brings a axe up and down on A tree stump blemishing his property. However simply by sight, you'd never know if he's been beating at this stump for the last year, or just started today.

 

JULIEOne of his three pretty teenage daughters, is hanging up laundry on the clothes line. As she hangs up a white bed sheet, she hears a noise, moving the sheet aside she see's;

 

JULIE'S POV:

A Nazi town car convertible, with two little nazi flags attached to the hood, a NAZI SOLDIER behind the wheel, a NAZI OFFICER alone in the back seat, following TWO OTHER NAZI SOLDIERS on motorcycles, coming up over the hill on the country road leading to their farm.

 

JULIE

Pappa.

 

The French Farmer sinks his axe in the stump, looks over his shoulder, and see's the Germans approaching. The FARMERS WIFE, CHARLOTTE comes to the doorway of their home, followed by her TWO OTHER TEENAGE DAUGHTERS, and see the Germans approaching. The Farmer yells to his family in FRENCH, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH;

 

FARMER

Go back inside and shut the door.

The first few frames provides the exposition (or information) needed for the scene to work. We are told that the scene is set in the Nazi occupied France and the Nazis are visiting the house of a French farmer. The question that crops up in the minds of the audience is why? Our previous knowledge of the Nazis as bad, horrible and evil people sets the scene up. The very first beat of this scene is the farmer’s daughter looking at the Germans who are approaching and her dad asking her to go inside and shut the door.

Beat - Daughter/father – Concerned/I will take care.

FARMER

 

(to Julie)

 

Julie, get me some water from the pump to wash up with, then get inside with your mother. The young lady runs to the water pump by the house. She picks up a basin, and begins pumping, after a few pumps, water comes out splashing into the basin. The French Farmer sits down on the stump he was previously chopping away at, pulls a handkerchief from his pocket, wipes sweat from off his face, and waits for the Nazi convoy to arrive.

 

Julie finishes filling the water basin, and places it on the window sill.

 

JULIE

Ready Pappa.

 

FARMER

Thank you darling, now go inside and take care of your mother. Don't run.

Even though the farmer wants to take control of the situation, he is still nervous. He wants to freshen up, and put up a new face. The daughter is scared. The farmer tells his daughter not to act as if she is scared – but, of course, he doesn’t say that. All that he says is: don’t run.

Beat – Daughter/Dad – Nervous/act normal

Julie walks inside the farm house and closes the door behind her. As her father stands up from his stump, and moves over to the window sill with the water basin... The SOUND of the ENGINES of the two motorcycles and car get LOUDER. The Farmer SPLASHES water from the basin on his face and down his front. He takes a towel off a nail, and wipes the excess water from his face and chest, as he watches the two motorcycles, the one automobile, and the four representatives of the National Socialist Party come to a halt on his property. We don't move into them, but keep observing them from a distance, like the Farmer.

The TWO NAZI MOTORCYCLIST are off their bikes, and standing at attention next to them. The NAZI DRIVER has walked around the automobile, and opened the door for his superior.

 

The NAZI OFFICER says to The Driver in UNSUBTITLED GERMAN;

NAZI OFFICER

This is the property of Perrier LaPadite?

 

 

NAZI DRIVER

 

Yes heer Colonel.

The Nazi officer climbs out of the back the vehicle, carrying in his left hand.

 

OFFICER

Herman, until I summon you, I am to be left alone.

 

NAZI DRIVER

As you wish Heer Col.

 

The S.S. COLONEL yells to The Farmer in FRENCH, SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH;

 

NAZI OFFICER

Is this the property of Perrier LaPadite?

 

FARMER

I am Perrier LaPadite.

 

The S.S. Colonel crosses the distance between them with long strides, and says in French with a smile on his face;

NAZI OFFICER

It is a pleasure to meet you Monsieur LaPadite, I am Colonel Hans Landa of

the S.S. COLONEL.HANS LANDA offers the French Farmer PERRIER LAPADITE his hand. The Frenchman takes the German hand in his and shakes it. 

 

PERRIER

How may I help you?

COL LANDA

I was hoping you could invite me inside your home and we may have a discussion. 

Germans have arrived. It is time for the French farmer to put on a show: a show of defiance and normalcy. The Colonel warmly shakes hand with the French farmer, thereby offering a hand of friendship and warmth, but the farmer doesn’t want to let him inside his house. Colonel forces the issue and asks the farmer to be let him in. Farmer cannot protest, he lets him in.

Beat – Hans Landa/Farmer – Respectfully barges in/ Reluctantly lets him in.

Note that the audience knows nothing about visit.

INT - LAPADITE FARM HOUSE - DAY

 

The door to the farm house swings open, and the Farmer gestures for the S.S. COL to enter. Removing his grey S.S. cap, inside the Frenchman's home. Col Landa is immediately greeted with the sight of the Farmers wife, and three pretty daughters standing together in the kitchen, smiling in his direction. The Farmer enters behind him, closing the door.

 

 

PERRIER

 

Colonel Landa, this is my family.

The S.S. COL clicks his heels together, and takes the hand of the French Farmers Wife...

 

COL LANDA

 

Col Hans Landa of the S.S. madame, at your service.

 

 He kisses her hand, then continues without letting go of his hostess

 

hand... 

 

COL LANDA

 

please excuse my rude intrusion on your routine.

 

FARMERS WIFE

 

Don't be ridiculous, heer Col.

While still holding the French Woman's hand, and looking into her eyes, The S.S. Colonel says;

 

 COL LANDA

Monsieur LaPadite, the rumors I have heard in the village about your family are all true. Your wife is a beautiful woman. His eyes leave the mother, and move to the three daughters.

 

COL.LANDA

(CON' T )

And each of your daughters is more lovely then the last.

 

PERRIER

Merci. Please have a seat.

Even though it is common in Europe to kiss the hand of the ladies,La Pedite is clearly put off by this. Also notice how Tarantino has three armed soldiers with him numerically matching the three ladies. This intimidates the farmer, plants the seed of rape and torture to the audience. The audience subconsciously feels the sexual tension. This sexual tension is further fuelled by Landa’s comment on his daughters. Farmer is slightly threatened.

Beat- Hans Landa/farmer – Intrusion/intimidated.

 The Farmer offers The S.S. Colonel a seat at the families wooden dinner table. The Nazi officer excepts the French Farmers offer, and lowers himself into the chair. Placing his grey S.S. cap on the table, and keeping his black attache case on the floor by his feet. The Farmer (perfect host) turns to his Wife and says; 

 

PERRIER

Charlotte, would you be so good as to get The Colonel some wine?

COL LANDA

Merci be coupe Monsieur LaPadite, but no wine. This being a dairy farm one would be safe in assuming you have milk?

 

 CHARLOTTE

Oui.

 

COL LANDA

Then milk is what I prefer.

 

CHARLOTTE

Very Well.

 

The mother of three, takes a craft of milk out of the ice box, and pours a tall glass of the fresh white liquid for The Colonel. The S.S. Colonel takes a long drink from the glass, then puts it down LOUDLY on the wooden table.

 

COL LANDA

Monsieur, to both your family, and your cows, I say; Bravo.

PERRIER

Merci.

 

COL LANDA

Please, join me at your table.

 

PERRIER

Very well.

 

The French Farmer sit's at his wooden dinner table across from The Nazi. The Women remain standing. Col Landa leans forward, and says to the Farmer in a low tone of CONFIDENTIALLY;

 

COL LANDA

Monsieur LaPadite, what we have to discuss,' would be better discussed in private. You'll notice, I left my men outdoors- if it wouldn't offend them, could you ask your lovely ladies to step outside.

 

PERRIER

You are right.

La Pedite is forced to play a good host by this intrusion. Landa tries to ease the tension by being more cordial. He asks for the milk and amusingly connects the cows, the milk and the women of the house. The sexual tensions are released for the moment as we understand that Landa wants speak to La Pedite in private. La Pedite is at once relieved and wants to get his family out of the way. This raises his confidence.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Cordial/more at home and less intimidated.

PERRIER

(to his women)

Charlotte, would you take the girls outside. The Colonel and I need to have a few words.

 

The Farmers wife follows her husbands orders, and gathers her daughter's taking them outside, closing the door behind them. The Two Men are alone, at the farmers dinner table, in the Farmers humble home. 

 

COL LANDA

Monsieur LaPadite, I regret to inform you I've exhausted the extent of my French. To continue to speak it so inadequately, would only serve to embarrass me. However, I've been lead to believe you speak English quite well?

 

PERRIER

Oui.

 

COL LANDA

Well, it just so happens, I do as well. This being your house, I ask your permission to switch to English, for the remainder of the conversation? 

 

PERRIER

By all means.

 

They now speak ENGLISH;

The harmless switch from French to English looks very normal. But it is very intelligent piece of writing. The  character research is evident. We will come back to it. We are still not told what this visit is all about. And we empathise with the farmer who so far looks as confused as we are. Landa knows so much about the farmer! What does Landa wants from the farmer?

Beat – Landa/Farmer – I want something from you/ I don’t think I have what you want.

COL LANDA

Monsieur LaPadite, while I'm very familiar with you, and your family. I have no way of knowing if you are familiar with who I am. Are you aware of my existence?

 

The Farmer answers; 

 

PERRIER

Yes.

 

COL LANDA

This is good. Are you aware of the job I've been ordered to carry out in France?

 

PERRIER

Yes.

The Colonel drinks more milk.

 

COL LANDA

Please tell me what you've heard?

 

PERRIER

I've heard, the fuhrer has put you in charge of rounding up the Jews left in France who are ether hiding, or passing for Gentile.

The S.S.Colonel smiles.

COL LANDA

The Fuhrer couldn't of said it better himself.

If you notice, Landa regains his ground and has now begun his forceful intimidation. He has begun explaining his orders and what he is here for. The farmer is still putting up his brave act. Not yet breaking down. So, the audience is now allowed some information into story. The farmer has something to do with Jews?

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Forceful intimidation/ holding up to it

PERRIER

But the meaning of your visit, pleasant though it is, is mysterious to me. The Germans looked through my house nine months ago for hiding Jews, and found nothing.

 

COL LANDA

 

I'm aware of that, I read the report on this area. But like any enterprise, when under new management, there's always a slight duplication of efforts. Most of it being a complete waste of time, but needs to be done nevertheless. I just have A few questions Monsieur LaPadite, if you can assist me with answers, my department can close the file on your family. 

Taking his black leather attache case, and placing it on the table, he takes out a folder from inside. He also extracts a expensive black fountain pen from his uniform front pocket. Opening the folder, and

referring to it;

 

COL LANDA

 

Now before the occupation there were four Jewish families in this area, all dairy farmers like yourself. The Loveitts, The Doleracs, The Rollins, and The Dreyfus's, is that correct?

8,

PERRIER

To my knowledge those were the Jewish families among the dairy farmers.

This bit gives us a clear idea of where the scene is heading. Landa is looking for specific Jews in the area. But the visit, Landa declares, is nothing serious. Just mere duplication of paper work.

Beat – Landa/ Farmer – Easing tension/gets a breather.

- Heer Colonel, would it disturb you if I smoked my pipe?

Looking up from his papers.

COL LANDA

Please, Monsieur LaPadite, it is your house, make yourself comfortable.

 

The Farmer gets up from the table, goes to his shelf over the fireplace, and removes from it a WOODEN BOX that contains all the fixins to his pipe. He sits back down at the table with his Nazi guest. As The Farmer loads the bowel of his pipe with tobacco, sets a match to it, and begins slowly puffing, making it red hot, the S.S. Colonel studies the papers in front of him.

Before he even starts answering questions, farmer is very nervous. For the first time, farmer lets his guard down and shows (Show don’t tell- First thumb rule for screenwriting) Landa that he is nervous. Landa graciously lets him smoke. Notice how the power relationships have changed. First it was farmer asking Landa playing the host, now it is Landa who is calling the shots. This moment in the scene has a lot of subtle changes. He smokes – Nervous, Landa cools him down. Landa probes him, farmer lets out a smile as if to suggest that he is in control.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – I am nervous, but I am still in control / You don’t have to be so tensed, not yet. Cool down

 COL LANDA

Now according to these papers, all the Jewish families in this area have been accounted for - except, The Dreyfusis. Somewhere in the last year it would appear they have vanished. Which leads me to the conclusion that they've ether made good their escape, or someone is very successfully hiding them.

 

(looking up from his papers, across the table at The  FARMER)

What have you heard about The Dreyfusis Monsieur LaPadite?

PERRIER

Only rumors -

 

COL LANDA

- I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false  are often reveling. So Monsieur LaPadite, what rumors have you heard regarding The Dreyfusis?

 

The Farmerlooks at Landa.

COL LANDA

Speak freely Monsieur LaPadite, I want to hear what the rumors are, not who told them to you.

The Farmer puffs thoughtfully on his pipe.

 

PERRIER

Again, this is just a rumor - but we heard the Dreyfusis had made their way into Spain.

 

COL LANDA

So the rumors you've heard have been of escape?

 

PERRIER

Yes.

 

COL LANDA

Were the LaPadites and the Dreyfusis friendly?

 

As the Farmer answers this question, the CAMERA LOWERS behind his chair, to the floor, past the floor, to a small area underneath the floorboards revealing; 

 

FIVE HUMAN BEINGS

lying vertically underneath the farmers floorboards. These human beings are The DREYFUSIS, who ve lived lying down underneath the  dairy farmers house for the past year. But one couldn't call what The Dreyfusis have done for the last year living. This family has done the only thing they could, hidden from a occupying army that wishes to exterminate them.

 
This is the point where the scene turns. Suddenly we get concrete information. We know where the scene is heading. The audience suddenly understands that five lives are at stake. We root for the farmer and hope that he doesn’t break down and give up. Farmer has to lie through his teeth, and Landa is unrelenting as always. He almost mocks at La Pedite’s replies. Has Landa got his man? We don’t know.

Beat – Landa/ farmer – Intimidating with his interrogation/ Selling his lies

PERRIER

We were families in the same community, in the same bussiness. I wouldn't say we were friends, but members of the same community, we had common interest.

The S.S. Colonel takes in this answer, seems to except it, then moves to the next question.

COL LANDA

Having never met the Dreyfusis, would you confirm for me the exact members of the household and their names? 

 

PERRIER

There were five of them. The father, Jacob... .wife, Miram...

her brother, Bob ...

 

COL LANDA

- How old is Bob?

 

PERRIER

Thirty - thirty one?

 

COL LANDA

Continue.

PERRIER

And the children... Amos... and Shoshanna.

COL LANDA

Ages of the children?

 

PERRIER

Amos - six - I believe. And Shosanna, was fifteen or sixteen, I'm not really sure.

SACK TO LANDA AND PERRIER 

 

COL LANDA

Well I guess that should do it. Be begins gathering up his papers, and putting them back into his

ttache case.

 

COL LANDA

However, before I go, could I have another glass of your delicious milk?

La Pedite, your average French dairy farmer, is a hero.

La pedite thinks: Poor Landa!

The audience are suddenly thinking: But, wait a minute, he is asking for milk. The last time he asked for milk, he did really scare him.Hopefully, he gets the fuck out of this house.

Landa thinks: This chap looks at home. Time to tease.

Beat – Landa/farmer – Satisfied with the show La Pedite is putting up so far/ I am a hero today

COL LANDA
Monsieur LaPadite, are you aware of the nickname the people of France have given me?

 

PERRIER

I have no interest in such things.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Trying to intimidate/ I am a hero, I will resist you

COL LANDA

But you are aware of what they call me?

 

PERRIER
I'm aware.

Landa is put off by farmer’s answer that he doesn’t care about Hans Landa, the Jew Hunter. It is an insult to Landa.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Forcing the issue/gives up for the moment

COL LANDA

What are you aware of?

 

PERRIER

That they call you, "The Jew Hunter".

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Gotchya/ No way

COL LANDA

Precisely! Now I understand your trepidation in repeating it. Before he was assassinated, Heydrich

apparently hated the moniker the good people of Prague bestowed on him. Actually why he would hate the name, "The Hangman", is baffling to me It would appear he did everything in his power to earn it. But I, on the other hand, love my unofficial title, precisely because I've earned it. 
"The Jew Hunter" enjoys his fresh milk, he continues to theorize with the French farmer.

COL LANDA

The feature that makes me such a effective hunter of the Jews, is, as opposed to most German soldiers, I can think like a jew. where they can only think like a German, or more precisely, a German soldier. Now if one were to determine what attribute the German people share with a beast, it would be the cunning and predatory instinct of a hawk.

 

COL LANDA

(CON'T)

Negro's - gorilla's - brain - lips -smell - physical strength - penis size. But, if one were to determine what attributes the jews share with a beast, it would be that of the rat. Now the Fuhrer and Gobbles propaganda have said pretty much the same thing. Where our conclusions differ, is I don't consider the comparison a insult. Consider for a moment, the world a rat lives in. It's a hostile world indeed. If a rat were to scamper through your front door right now, would you greet it with hostility?

Beat – Landa/Farmer – Justifying the hatred of Jews/playing along not knowing where Landa is going.

PERRIER

 

I suppose I would.

COL LANDA

 

Has a rat ever done anything to you to create this animosity you feel toward them? 

 

PERRIER

Rat's spread disease, they bite people -

 

COL LANDA

- Unless some fool is stupid enough to try and handle a live one, rats don't make it a practise of biting human beings. Rats were the cause of the bubonic plague, but that was some time ago. In all your born days, has a rat ever caused you to be sick a day in your life? I purpose to you, any disease a rat could spread, a squirrel could equally carry. Yet I assume you don't share the same animosity with squirrels that you do with rats, do you?

 

PERRIER

No.

COL LANDA

Yet, they are both rodent's, are they not? And except for the fact that one has a big bushy tail, while the other has a long repugnt tail of rodent skin, they even rather look alike, don't they?

 

 PERRIER

It is a interesting thought, Heer Colonel.

Landa lands a few punches on the farmer. The farmer is unable to counter him.
Beat – Landa/Farmer – Softening him up for ‘the moment’/Softening up

COL LANDA
However, interesting as the thought may be, it makes not one bit of difference to how you feel. If a rat were to scamper through your door, this very minute, would you offer it a saucer of your delicious milk?

 

PERRIER

Probably not.

 

The worst thing that La Pedite could do. He agrees with the Colonel’s comparison of Jews and the rat.

Beat – Landa/Farmer –  I will get you, fucker/ I don’t know what you are really trying to do

COL LANDA

 

I didn't think so. You don't like them. You don't really know why you don't like them. All you know is, you find them repulsive.

 

(let's the METAPHOR sink in)

 

 What a tremendously hostile world a rat must endure. Yet, not only does he survive, he thrives. And the reason for this, is because our little foe has a instinct for survival and presavation second to none. And that Monsieur, is what a jew shares with a rat. Consequently, a German soldier, conducts a search of a house suspected of hiding jews. Where does the hawk look? He looks in the barn, he looks in the attic, he looks in the cellar - he looks everywhere, he would hide. But there are many places it would never occur to a hawk to hide. However the reason the Fuhrer brought me off my Alps in Austria, and placed me in French cow country today, is because it does occur to me. Because I'm aware what tremendous feats human beings are capable of once they abandon dignity.

 

(Changing tone)

May I smoke my pipe as well?

 

The Farmer's cool facade is little by little eroding.

 

PERRIER

 

Please, Cononel, make yourself at home.

This is where the Colonel finally gets him. He almost says that he knows what La Pedite is hiding.In one of his interviews, Tarantino, says that Landa is using a big Sherlock Holmes' pipe to indicate the fact that La Pedite has been effectively nailed.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – I have broken your defences, give up/ What? No, I am still strong.

COL LANDA

 

Now, my job dictates, that I must have my men enter your home, and conduct a thorough search, before I can officially cross your families name off my list.

COL LANDA

 

 (CON'T)

 

And if there are any irregularities to be found, rest assured, they will be. That is unless, you have something to tell me that will make the conducting of a search unnecessary.

(PAUSE)

I might add also, that any information that makes the preforming of My duty easier, will not be met with punishment.Actually quite the contrary, it will bemet with reward. And that reward will be, your family will cease to be harassed in anyway, by the German military during the rest of our occupation of your country. The Farmer, pipe in mouth, stares across the table at his German opponent.

COL LANDA

You are sheltering enemies of the state, are you not?

Landa gives him an ultimatum pulling out the age old trick from the classic screenwriting manual: choose between the two option. Either give up/help me and save your family and gain a privilege, or simply suffer at our hands. What would you prefer? The answer is obvious.

Beat – Landa/farmer – This is it/ I surrender.

PERRIER

Yes.

 

COL LANDA

Your sheltering them underneath your floorboards aren't you?

 

PERRIER

Yes.

 

Farmer gives up. He doesn’t see a point beyond this.

Beat – Landa/Farmer – You are guilty/ Yes I am

COL LANDA

 

Point out to me the area's where their hiding. The Farmer points out the area's on the floor with the Dreyfusis are underneath.

 

COL LANDA

Since I haven't heard any disturbance, I assume that while their listening, they don't speak english?

 

PERRIER

Yes .

 

COL LANDA

I'm going to switch back to french now, and I want you to follow my masquerade - is that clear?

 We get a new insight from this. Landa has known all along that the La Pedite was sheltering the Jews underneath his floorboards and that they don’t speak English, which is the main reason why he switched to English!

Audience: Wow! (that’s subconscious. This is not what the general public consciously THINKS.)

 PERRIER

 

Yes.

 

Colonel Landa stands up from the table, and switching to FRENCH says

 

SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH;

 

COL LANDA

Monsieur LaPadite, I thank you for milk, and your hospitably. I do believe our business here is done. The Nazi Officer opens the front door, and silently motions for his son to approach the house.

 

COL LANDA

Mademoiselle LaPadite, I thank you for your time, we shant be bothering your family any longer. Yet the LaPadite women watch the Nazi soldiers, machine guns at ready, approach the house. The Soldiers enter the doorway, Col Landa, silently points out area of the floor the Jews are hiding under.

 

 

COL LANDA

So, Monsieur and Madame LaPadite I bid you adieu.

Motions to the Soldiers with his index finger.

 

wy TEAR UP the wood floor with MACHINE GUN FIRE. The little farm house is filled with SMOKE, DUST, SPLINTERS, SCREAMS,0ULLET CASINGS, and even alittle BLOOD. With a hand motion from the Colonel, the Soldiers cut off their gunfire. The Colonel keeps his finger in the air to indicate silence.

 The soldiers kill everyone but one. Notice how in the beginning all the five  lives were relatively safe and suddenly now they are killed, but not yet. One girl escapes just like how a rat would escape.Landa really considers her a rat that just goes into the hole. He doesn’t shoot her, he knows that he can hunt her again. But this Shoshana provides the hook for the rest of the film. The values of the beginning of the scene and the end of the scene changes a lot. Five people were alive, and four people were hunted down by Landa. One girl who escapes will finally kill the entire Nazi party.

Notes

¹ Mckee, Robert, Story, Methuen:1998, PP 31-66

Useful Reference

Vogler, Christopher, Writer’s Journey.