Postmodernism Theories

john fiske.

a scene only makes sence when put into context with others we have seen. for example, a car chase scene only makes sence because of what we have saw on tv etc as we are not likely to of been in a car chase ourselves. the viewer of this car chase then decodes it.

jacques derrida.

made sence of the way commentators of 9/11 could only describe it like something 'from a film'. (the day after tomorrow.)

so... if we encounter a real life genre experience, the decoding process becomes confused.

in relation to inglorious basterds.

because now there are little people alive who experience WW2, when we watch inglorious basterds we decode it from other films and documentaries we have seen to make sence of it.

gerard genette.

transtextuality -

1. intertextuality

2. architextuality

3. metatextuality

4. hypotextuality

in relation to inglorious basterds.

- the big bold cartoon like lettering of the basterds names is in yellow which links to kill bill

- The Searchers final scene featuring John Ford, he stands in a doorway so you can see his silhouette which links to the scene in inglorious basterds when the captain is watching the jew run away in the doorway.

- can see that inglorious basterds is just one big set when he does a birds eye view of the cinema