Django Unchained : The Most accessible Tarantino movie ever !!!
Being a movie buff, I was well acquainted
with Quentin Tarantino for his master-work in two exquisite projects Pulp
Fiction (1994) , Inglorious Basterds (2009). That is why I was more eager than
usual for watching his 2012 movie, Django Unchained starring Christoph Waltz,
Jamie Fox & Leonardo DiCaprio in lead roles. The title comes from Django,
1966 western drama starring Franco Nero who happens to make a remarkable cameo
in Django Unchained. The horror that Django
Unchained expresses isn’t of slavery, but of a filmmaker attempting historical
but a entertaining endeavour while shackled by his own superior persona.
Tarantino found an appropriate channel to
exhibit aggression & violence in a dramatic manner. The plot is set up in the
year 1958 post Civil War where black negroes were traded, enslaved and tortured
in return of money.
The opening sequence depicts two brothers
Ace Speck & Dicky Speck with several chained Negro slaves being taken to a
place somewhere in Texas. Among those slaves is Django, the slave who is
determined to save his wife Broomhilda who is being separated from him during
an auction. The Speck brothers during their travel are interrupted by a dentist
turned bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) who offers to buy Django from the
Speck brothers but ends up shooting one & injuring other severely since
they refuse to initiate the sale & Django gets unchained.
Schultz offers Django complete freedom if
he identifies the Brittle brothers whom Schultz, being a bounty hunter is
required to kill. It somehow happens that Django has the ability to recognize
the Brittle brothers as he had worked in their plantations before being
auctioned to wilderness. The two go on bounty hunting rampage when finally Schultz
gets so enamoured to Django that he offers to aid him in his search to rescue
Broomhilda. There is more to Django than just a bounty hunter’s right hand.
Django has forbidden love for his wife which he restricts from reflecting on
his face as he has Broomhilda on his mind even after being separated from her.
Cinematically Tarantino has represented it rather beautifully.
The underlying soul of the film is that
the freedman Django & the hitman Schultz are pitted against Calvin Candie,
the owner of Candyland plantation & his butcher Stephen to save Broomhilda
who is working as a slave in Candyland. The violence is outsize and enormous
but not disturbing and Tarantino has successfully created a niche to showcase
onscreen violence with several blood splashing & spilling scenes. The action sequences are blood, gore &
comedy-rolled together thus keeping us entertained all the way.
Christoph Waltz ought to get thumbs up
for playing a scrupulous,
lethal & politely taunting bounty hunter. Even the role of antagonist Calvin Candie is
played beautifully by DiCaprio as he succeeds to look both well-mannered as
well as purely evil displaying sheer splendour & ability.
‘Django Unchained’ is 165 minutes long
and is filled with moments of agonizing & teased out action and surprises
in casting as well as the story. Some
people may have criticized the director on how racist the film happens to be
but if you sit throughout the film; you can discover plenty of scenes for the
audience to engage in. The world created by Tarantino in film is not just of
misery and pain but one having sarcasm, racism, extreme violence and
reprehensible people.
Being a movie buff, I was well acquainted
with Quentin Tarantino for his master-work in two exquisite projects Pulp
Fiction (1994) , Inglorious Basterds (2009). That is why I was more eager than
usual for watching his 2012 movie, Django Unchained starring Christoph Waltz,
Jamie Fox & Leonardo DiCaprio in lead roles. The title comes from Django,
1966 western drama starring Franco Nero who happens to make a remarkable cameo
in Django Unchained. The horror that Django
Unchained expresses isn’t of slavery, but of a filmmaker attempting historical
but a entertaining endeavour while shackled by his own superior persona.
The opening sequence depicts two brothers
Ace Speck & Dicky Speck with several chained Negro slaves being taken to a
place somewhere in Texas. Among those slaves is Django, the slave who is
determined to save his wife Broomhilda who is being separated from him during
an auction. The Speck brothers during their travel are interrupted by a dentist
turned bounty hunter Dr King Schultz (Waltz) who offers to buy Django from the
Speck brothers but ends up shooting one & injuring other severely since
they refuse to initiate the sale & Django gets unchained.
Schultz offers Django complete freedom if
he identifies the Brittle brothers whom Schultz, being a bounty hunter is
required to kill. It somehow happens that Django has the ability to recognize
the Brittle brothers as he had worked in their plantations before being
auctioned to wilderness. The two go on bounty hunting rampage when finally Schultz
gets so enamoured to Django that he offers to aid him in his search to rescue
Broomhilda. There is more to Django than just a bounty hunter’s right hand.
Django has forbidden love for his wife which he restricts from reflecting on
his face as he has Broomhilda on his mind even after being separated from her.
Cinematically Tarantino has represented it rather beautifully.
The underlying soul of the film is that
the freedman Django & the hitman Schultz are pitted against Calvin Candie,
the owner of Candyland plantation & his butcher Stephen to save Broomhilda
who is working as a slave in Candyland. The violence is outsize and enormous
but not disturbing and Tarantino has successfully created a niche to showcase
onscreen violence with several blood splashing & spilling scenes. The action sequences are blood, gore &
comedy-rolled together thus keeping us entertained all the way.
‘Django Unchained’ is 165 minutes long
and is filled with moments of agonizing & teased out action and surprises
in casting as well as the story. Some
people may have criticized the director on how racist the film happens to be
but if you sit throughout the film; you can discover plenty of scenes for the
audience to engage in. The world created by Tarantino in film is not just of
misery and pain but one having sarcasm, racism, extreme violence and
reprehensible people.
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