Movie Analysis: Django Unchained

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Django Unchained
Introduction
Django Unchained is an award-winning American film produced in 2012, directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Jamie Foxx as Django, Christoph Waltz as Dr. King Shultz, Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, Kerry Washington (Broomhilda) and Samuel L.Jackson (Stephen). The film set and plot is based in the Deep South in the winter of 1858 which was two years before the commencement of the Civil War of the United States.
Additionally, the film follows Django, a marquee slave of black dissent and Dr. King Schultz who was a German bounty hunter who spoke fluent English and posed as a dentist travelling through the Deep South. Dr. Schultz buys Django and promises him to let him be at liberty
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Human needs can range from survival needs, substantive needs, psychological and procedural concerns to identity-based concerns for a community in regards to intimacy and autonomy.
Essentially, attitudes towards conflict vary from person to person for instance when Django had second thoughts about killing his first victim Shultz reminds him that the man who is plowing the field with his son has killed and robbed stagecoaches in the past, and they had a legitimate reason to execute him. At this point in the film, it is evident that Django and Shultz had different norms for conflict
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While revenge narratives can be problematic because they represent that a particular character or society is deserving of a violent death. Tarantino is famed for creating revenge narratives against characters no one can sympathize with. Shultz and Django kill cruel and inhumane slave owners and those devoted to them. Resolution is a vital part in ensuring that conflict comes to an end and that there is emotional closure. A simple gesture such as a handshake may signal the end of the conflict. But people have different reasons for resolving a conflict which can range from achieving social justice to satisfying self-interests suggests Tajfel

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