The opening scene of Inglourious Basterds is heavily inspired by Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which is Quentin Tarantino’s favorite film. Both scenes begin quietly, with people doing ordinary tasks like chopping wood, hanging laundry, or preparing food. Then comes the interruption: a calm, polite, but dangerous man arrives, and everything changes. In Leone’s film, it’s Angel Eyes — “The Bad.” In Tarantino’s, it’s Hans Landa. Two men who smile as they close in. Their entrances a