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I have a feeling he did. There were moments like him ordering milk for her and later, sternly saying he had something else to ask then laughing and says he’s forgotten.
I assume that he was having fun taunting and scaring her but let her go.
What do you guys think?
EDIT: from the comments, people saw it both ways. I’d credit that to Tarantino’s gift as a writer. He created an intentionally ambiguous scene that made the viewer think one way or the other… or both! 🤣🤣🤣
This is the best view he gets of her. In what possible world could he recognise her or even suspect her?! The only reason he orders milk is for the audiences benefit because WE know who she is and how that would put her further on edge.
Landa definitely knew it was Shosanna, but truthfully didn’t care. He has nothing to gain from killing Jews at this point in the war. The Germans were losing the war, and he’d almost certainly be tried as a war criminal. He also knows that the Basterds are willing to recruit along the way. They recruited Stiglitz, Hicox, and von Hammersmark. As head of security for the event, he definitely would’ve notice the massive pile of flammable film behind the screen. He could’ve theorized that the Basterds made contact with her and offered her revenge on the Nazis, if she was willing to destroy her movie theater. He could’ve also made the assumption that burning down the theater with nitrate was a back up plan in case their explosives failed. Either way the theater was destroyed and the German High Command was dead. By the time everything and everyone was up in flames, Landa cut a deal with the United States.
I’ve had this as my background for years
I remember when I saw it in theaters and that song came up. It was an odd choice because Tarantino never uses the biggest artists (Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, etc.) and of course, it was an obscure-ish Stones song. It's even a weird version of the song. But knowing Tarantino, it was a very deliberate choice.
And I can't explain why but it's so perfect for that scene. It doesn't appear to be a particularly deep song, just a fun mid '60s British Pop / Rock tune about a girl who leaves a guy and comes pitifully crawling back even though it's too little, too late. But for some reason the movie makes it feel like it's about endings. The ending of the innocent '60s and the classic Hollywood stardom as Rick knew it. The end of Rick and Cliff's professional relationship. Taken literally, maybe it's kind of foreboding re: Sharon Tate? And even just musically, it's great because it's not maudlin, it's fun and bouncy but there's a little bit of melancholy in there too, pretty much the tone Tarantino wanted to set in the third act.
What do you all think? Anyone else feel that way about the song in the movie or does anyone else just love the song? I was already a lifelong Stones fan but after Once Upon a Time, I now listen to it all the time because it feels like the perfect bittersweet goodbye to the good times.
