“Django Unchained” is a Western-American film that was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film was released in 2012. The film takes place throughout the western United States and the Antebellum South. The film follows a slave—through a series of odd events—turned freeman who is played by Jamie Foxx and his partner Dr. King Shultz who is played by Christopher Waltz. Other notable actors include: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and even Quentin Tarantino explodes into the cast.
The story begins with Django on a “chain gang” traveling across country to be sold at an auction in South Carolina. Dr. Shultz appears from the shadows one night, engages the merchants who are transporting Django and a dozen other slaves. Shultz is a bounty hunter—disguised as a …show more content…
Whether it be through the dramatic, extremely gory watermelon-esque bodily explosions or the disgusting illiterate hillbillies, who’s mumbled words carry both stupidity and copious amounts of spit. Tarantino doesn’t hold anything back, throwing his audience headfirst into the harrowing reality that was slavery in the United States. He uses a multitude of editing and design strategies to emphasize his own interpretation of the antebellum south. Finding a nice balance between remaining true to the barbarity of the time, while also keeping the audience engaged with well timed musical numbers, symbolic old-timey western sound effects and just the right amount of comedy to not take away from the crudeness of the plot. Throughout Django Unchained, he subtly mocks southern racialism with his interpretations of slave owners and their accomplices. From “Monsouir Candi” to Big Daddy, he creates characters that bathe almighty in their own ignorance, blinded by racist pride and unable to see the real animal in their own
The story begins with Django on a “chain gang” traveling across country to be sold at an auction in South Carolina. Dr. Shultz appears from the shadows one night, engages the merchants who are transporting Django and a dozen other slaves. Shultz is a bounty hunter—disguised as a …show more content…
Whether it be through the dramatic, extremely gory watermelon-esque bodily explosions or the disgusting illiterate hillbillies, who’s mumbled words carry both stupidity and copious amounts of spit. Tarantino doesn’t hold anything back, throwing his audience headfirst into the harrowing reality that was slavery in the United States. He uses a multitude of editing and design strategies to emphasize his own interpretation of the antebellum south. Finding a nice balance between remaining true to the barbarity of the time, while also keeping the audience engaged with well timed musical numbers, symbolic old-timey western sound effects and just the right amount of comedy to not take away from the crudeness of the plot. Throughout Django Unchained, he subtly mocks southern racialism with his interpretations of slave owners and their accomplices. From “Monsouir Candi” to Big Daddy, he creates characters that bathe almighty in their own ignorance, blinded by racist pride and unable to see the real animal in their own