10 Insane Movie Moments You Couldn't Believe Directors Actually Went There
8. Quentin Tarantino Opts To Off Adolf Hitler In Inglourious Basterds
When Quentin Tarantino decided to tackle the topic of World War II in 2009, there was a sense of intrigue at how factually accurate QT's Inglourious Basterds would end up being.
Centred on a Jewish-American group of Nazi hunters, the sheer premise of the picture meant that Adolf Hitler had to be at least referenced even if he wasn't featured. Featured Hitler would indeed be, and Tarantino went full Tarantino by deciding to show Adolf brutally murdered by Eli Roth's Donny Donowitz as the film raced to a close.
It takes a ballsy filmmaker to rewrite history in such a way - especially when it involves such an extremely sensitive time in history - but Tarantino is nothing if not ballsy.
Similarly, Quentin really went there ten years later with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. This time it was 1969 Los Angeles and the infamous slaughter of the pregnant Sharon Tate and friends at the hands of the Manson Family cult.
In terms of Tarantino of course putting his own spin on this, the murderous Manson plan is thwarted by Leonardo DiCaprio's flamethrower-wielding Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth, and Booth's trusty pooch Brandy.
Likewise, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood earlier had Cliff get the better of Mike Moh's Bruce Lee in a fight sequence - something which certainly raised an eyebrow or two.