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Yet Another ‘Basterds’ Photo: Melanie Laurent As Film’s Heroine Takes A Smoke Break

It’s a shot from the film, but it could be a modern-day shot of a hipster Melanie Laurent hanging out, no? (She plays the main protagonist, Shosanna Dreyfus, the lead even above Brad Pitt)

That’s because Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” WWII movie world doesn’t feel the need to adhere to historical accuracy.

“Pretty much 90 percent is based on movie references,” Tarantino’s longtime production designer David Wasco, but added that they still labored to reproduce the period using original photographs and documents. “It’s a Quentin period world. That’s what we’re helping him do here.” [NYT]

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