Do films make a statement on their intended audience?

For as long as narrative film has existed, the audience have been the consumer and the directors the encoders. It is what the audience does with such consumption that truly matters to the story - specifically, so, the issues and debates that the film intends to address. An interesting debate that very seldom appears within film enthusiast communities, however, is the notion that directors are making a running commentary on the people who are watching their work. This can be particular to the individual, or portrayed through masses of people.

Quentin Tarantino, an auter in his own right, is notorious for his excessive, sensationalised use of violence in cinema - even from his earlier films, such as Reservoir Dogs, his use of violence has always been over-dramatised and borderline satirical. But, it is, indeed, possible that Tarantino is using aesthetic violence to, quite literally, make fun of us. His 2009 film Inglourious Basterds acts as a prime example of this. It follows a ploy, devised by a group of Jewish-American soldiers who identify under the pseudonym of the 'Basterds', to cripple the dictatorship of Nazi Germany.