Inglorious Basterds SPOILERS INSIDE

[Shit Dickface]

So was Donowitz the same Donowitz from True Romance?

Apparently Donnie is the grandfather of the Donowitz in TR.

[Matt]

OK, after reading the post release thread on CHUD for a while I've come to the conclusion that Landa definitely recognizes Shosanna at the restaurant. I didn't even get the whole non-kosher cream thing. That, along with the milk, the question he couldn't remember, and the fact that he put out his cigarette in the pastry all indicate that he knew exactly who she was. Besides, he was one helluva detective and I really doubt she could have gotten past him without him knowing.

But that leads to a million other questions, like why did he let her go? Was he planning on stopping her at the event? Did the Basterds disrput his plan? Did he want the herd of Nazis attending the screening to be killed? Fuck, I really need to see this again.

I think that he suspected who she was and just toyed with her to get some sort of a reaction. By the end of the meal, he was sure of her identity and let her know this by 'forgetting' the question. I think that he decided to let her go in order to see what she would do at the premiere in her theater. He was fully confident that he could stop any plan that she would come up with, so he was using her for sport.

[Ari]

Look at the close up of the cream. Listen to him go on and on about how great the strudel is, only to put out his cigarette in it. There's no way he would have just forgot what he was going to ask her. He was too fucking good at what he did to simply forget a question. The fucker knew it was her, the question is what was he going to do with that knowledge.

[Abraham Smashington]

How would he know though? He didn't see her face did he in the beginning?

[Ari]

That's what I was thinking and that's why I really want to watch the film again. He does ask her about how she obtained the theater, right? Maybe it was something in her response that he noticed. Maybe he got her description years ago when he first went to the farm house in Chapter 1. Maybe the whole scene was Tarantino fucking with us.

[Abraham Smashington]

I saw it as a coincidence, but I know it's probably not. Another reason I love the movie.

[Ed Hocken]

I just figured it was a directorial flourish.

[Ari]

One helluva fucking coincidence, but with Tarantino, who knows?

[Abraham Smashington]

One helluva fucking coincidence, but with Tarantino, who knows?

well yeah.

[Matt]

He had obviously done a background check on her (knowing about the negro working for her clues you in on that), so he may have learned a few things that would have indicated that she 'suddenly' appeared in Paris 3 years ago. Looking at her hair and her body, he may have had a recollection of Shoshanna's appearance. The Strudel interview merely confirmed her identity to him.

[Ari]

Either way, I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

[Ed Hocken]

I'm just happy there wasn't a fixation on feet.

And the fact that he casted really well for the Basterds. Not one of those guys didn't look jewish.

Hey, Ari. You gonna try and be Donowitz for Halloween?

[Abraham Smashington]

There was still some foot fetish shots Ed. And it worked perfectly.

[Ari]

I'm gonna be the French Negro. Lucky fuck.

[Matt]

I'm just happy there wasn't a fixation on feet.

Did you take a shit during the Landa vs Hammersmark scene? That was totally a Snow White/foot fetish scene.