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Inglourious Basterds (2009)
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DZ-120: Subtext is Overrated!
How do character goals, tactics, and fears create subtext automatically?
AI✦The ‘strudel’ scene examined as a masterclass in subtext — how competing goals, tactics and fears between characters create unbearable tension without anything dangerous being spoken aloud.✦
Listen if you're struggling to write subtext without it feeling forced!
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Or, how focusing on good drama will result in good subtext. We often hear how subtext is important for good screenwriting. We’re here to tell you it isn’t. Good subtext is a result of good drama, and your focus should be on creating that good drama. But how… →
"the action lines in the script of Inglourious Basterds are reinforcing the narrative irony all the time. It’s like hitting us over the head."
— chas | DZ-120: Subtext is Overrated!
DZ-13: True That - Tips from Tarantino
What is it about Tarantino's *writing* that elevates his work?
Chapter 1: Of Milk and Men… →
Listen to steal Tarantino's technique for planting details that detonate as payoffs three scenes later.
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Chapter 1: Of Milk and Men… →
Films:
True Romance (1993)
, Inglourious Basterds (2009)
, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
, Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
