inglorious basterds post modernism

In what ways is Inglorious Basterds postmodern?
Inglorious basterds, a 2009 war film, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, gives a historically inaccurate portrayal of the Nazi Germany war in the 1940’s. The film contains various elements that could be considered post modern, firstly in the title itself which belongs to another film but spelt wrong, incorporating a controversial swear word.
For example, Brad Pitt, the leader of an organization of Jews, demands 100 ‘scalps’ from each of his Basterds. This is an inaccurate portrayal of war as nowhere was it recorded that ‘scalping’ was a form of violence used upon the opposition. This inaccurate portrayal of historical events is also highlighted by the shotgun in the cellar scene. This scene is very similar to set ups in lots of Westerns, and therefore again takes away the 1940’s war atmosphere. However it wasn’t uncommon for the bartender to keep a shotgun behind the bar. Another element that adds to the postmodernism created by Tarantino by differing from a real account of WW2 is the way in which Hitler is murdered as oppose to history recalling he committed suicide. This could be considered postmodern in that this is a very controversial, possibly brave choice by Tarantino to produce a narrative that differs so strongly from that that actually happened. However despite possibly border lining causing offence with inaccurate perception of events in WW2, the contrast of fact and fiction possibly is what makes it so appealing to its audience. In fact, over-the-top acting and intertextual references, such as the doorway scene with Hans Landa watching Shosanna run away, make the film almost veer towards parody. However the acting is still on the right side of comedy, particularly by Martin Wuttke who plays Adolf Hitler.
A second element within Inglorious Basterds that could be considered post modern is the music. The film due to its war context is obviously set in the 1940’s era, however we hear music from various other genres and eras within the film. For example, when Shosanna is doing her hair and make up in preparation for the cinema premier, we hear a David Bowie song, which in a sense is ridiculous as the song was not released for a somewhat forty years after the film was set. We also hear a lot of non diegetic music from Spaghetti Westerns such as tracks from ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly.’ This use of music mixes up genres but oddly does not leave the audience in question as to why Tarantino used the piece of music as all pieces arguably still work for the atmospheric portrayal.
Reality of the context of the film is instantly taken away with the way in which the film begins and thereafter is split up. The film begins with ‘once upon a time’ which a phrase generally used for fairy tales. I feel that this gives a sense of irony as a fairy tale tends to end with a ‘happily ever after’ where as the true recollection of events of the war certainly did not. Secondly, the film is split into chapters, again taking away the realistic feel of the film as you would expect a war film to be separated into dates of events perhaps. Also amongst these on screen visuals, we see these appear in yellow text which creates an intertextual reference to Kill Bill.
Inglorious basterds, despite giving an inaccurate almost humorous portrayal of events in world war two, still works in appealing to its audience. The film creates a new sense of reality which the audience become absorbed by therefore almost blocking out anything that questions the reality of the film.