Brand new international INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS poster
The good folks at BadTaste just sent me this hot of the press international one-sheet poster for Inglourious Basterds that I thought I should share with you guys... 
I like it, though maybe a little too much white on the edges? I'm still gloriously excited for Tarantino's new epic despite so many trying to talk down about it's chances, most notably from those who saw the movie in Cannes and didn't know what to make of it. Honestly though, I'm not sure what critics were expecting. If they are famailiar with european war movies of a by-gone era, that is surely what Tarantino gave them? OWF's Simon Gallagher's loved the film he saw in Cannes but personally mentioned to me that he could sense that lots of scenes had been taken out, most notably the character of Madame Mimieux who is mentioned but not seen. The character had been played by Asian A-list actress Maggie Cheung, but her scenes were cut for time by Tarantino, which brought a great shock to me as I couldn't understand how the scenes with Melanie Laurent's significant character Shosanna Dreyfus would work anywhere near as well without a very important scene between the two early on in the movie. And indeed, according to Simon, they don't. And now to hear that The Weinsteins are wanting Tarantino to cut the movie further so it will be a more commercially viable two hours or less is just insanity. Light Sensitive though in a great write up piece on how Basterds is "uncuttable", attempt to levitate worries by citing personal sources who don't take the news seriously...
"it's ostensibly a lot of sound and noise, with no basis in fact, other than some bloggers that he thinks are trying to make a name or reputation. (He calls it the "40minutesgate.") He also makes the very practical and intelligent point that Weinsteins and Universal agreed to and financed a 165-page script. Why would they turn around and demand a highly unrealistic two-hour cut."Though I think everyone does expect theInglouriousBasterds that we will see in theatres in two months time will be shorter (maybe by about 5 minutes) with perhaps one or two scenes added or taken out, with a few switched around. New trailer to come with this poster soon... here's hoping!