Analysis Of Vengeance In The Film 'Shosanna'

Throughout the majority of the film these two different Jewish groups were not in contact. The two groups finally come together in the scene that was set in Shosanna’s cinema. This is the ultimate climax in the film. This scene is where each of the plans plotted by the Inglorious Basterds and Shosanna begin to transpire. The final goal of bringing the Nazi party to an end is about to be achieved.

In this scene Tarantino uses a number of cinematic techniques to further display this theme of vengeance. The theater scene begins with very low lighting. The only source of lighting in the entire theater is coming from the projector. The low lighting in the beginning of the scene is quickly contrasted with inflamed theater. The fire quickly ignites and begins to grow very large. Tarantino utilizes this quick transformation between the very dull lit movie theater, to the flaming

Also, the faces of the Inglorious Basterds were made easier to see. Tarantino uses the images in the scene to express the emotions that are occurring in the cinema. The Nazis are feeling worried and frightened. This is easily illustrated by the facial expressions that Tarantino uses when he has Hitler or Goebbels as the main focus in the shot. Their expressions show the enormous effect the Jew’s revenge is having on the Nazis.

As Shosanna’s projectionist, Marcel, ignites the entire theater with his cigarette Tarantino begins to use an increasing amount of scene cuts. Tarantino does this for two reasons. The first reason is to illustrate a change in tempo within the scene. Prior to this moment, the tempo was slowly paced, as the audience was waiting for the plans of both Shosanna and the Inglorious Basterds to occur. Immediately after the vengeance begins, the tempo quickly transforms from a calm and slower pace to a quick pace. This quick pace is used to show the panic that was rapidly instilled on the Nazi