Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained could be his most violent and controversial films to date, but at the same time could be his most heartfelt “feel good” movies he has ever written and directed. Tarantino is no stranger when it comes to making controversial films known for his gritty bloodshed flicks like the Kill Bill series and Inglourious Basterds, Tarantino pulls out all the stops on Django Unchained paying homage to the classic 60’s spaghetti western film Django starring Franco Nero who has a short cameo in Django Unchained. Tarantino takes us back in time to the old wild west with his shots of the desert canyons and wide angle shots of the old southern cotton fields while still keeping us in touch with modern day with his excellent use of modern music as a soundtrack.
Django Unchained is set in the south two years prior to the Civil War. Django (Jamie Foxx) is a slave who becomes parlayed of his captivity by the eccentric bounty hunter Dr. King Shultz (Christoph Waltz) in return for information of his next bounty, the Brittle brothers. The outlaw Brothers who worked on the plantation Django and his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) used to live on before the two were split apart and sold at
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It was criticized and banned from many countries but also went on to make over 30 non related sequels using the core characteristics and name from the original film. Django can be considered the James bond of spaghetti westerns. Even though Django unchained is set prior to the Civil War Tarantino makes great use of the soundtrack and choice of bright colored costumes and modern accessories like sunglasses (which many believed to have not been invented and popularized during the time) to give the viewer a modern feel that no Django type of movie has ever tried to do
My favorite movie of all time is Django Unchained. It is almost predictable that there is tremendous gore in this movie considering he is playing the hero role. Django participates in the mistreatment of slaves during the film. He must trick the master Candie by proving he
The setting wasn't always in one exact place but it mainly took place in the South, mainly in Kentucky and Louisiana. The setting was in the 1850's. At this time, slavery was a big deal in the South. If this book were to take place
Quentin Tarantino’s movies are best known for their disjointed narratives and romanticized depictions of violence. Django Unchained is no exception. However, Django Unchained does provide an interesting example of how thoughtful approaches to diegetic and non-diegetic sounds, the narrative frame, and a character’s point of view can keep an audience interested for over 2 hours of runtime.
What inspired Tarantino to create Pulp Fiction was old movies not real life. The name Pulp Fiction is perfect for the movie because it is derived from pulp magazines which are inexpensive fiction magazines are best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter. Tarantino describes pulp mags as cheap, disposable entertainment that you can roll up take it with you anywhere, but can’t wait until you take it out and read it again which is exactly how the movie is like. No matter how many times you watch it, you will still be fascinated by its series of events.
In many ways Unforgiven is not a typical western. Clint Eastwood’s character is different than the typical hero in Westerns because he shows fear and weakness after he gets brutally attacked. Munny shows his vulnerability throughout the film especially when he breaks social norms like turning down sex, remaining loyal to his wife, etc. Although some of his actions are questionable like leaving his kids alone for weeks. In this film unlike old westerns the gunslingers defend the honor of prostitutes and not the rightous women in peril. Rugged cowboys are exposed as cowards and weaklings and liars, while others find they no longer have the desire to take another man’s life. The law is represented by a man with a penchant for torture and sadism
Comparative Analysis on True Grit (1969) and True Grit (2010) Many modern adaptations of classical films have effectively been reinvented to successfully adapt the current market and cater audiences from the new generation. One such film is the 2010 movie “True Grit”, which is an artistic remake by the Coen brothers of the 1969 film of the same title by Henry Hathaway. While both films are adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel True Grit, the two versions differ in certain cinematic elements that make their variations artistic and inventive on their own right.
Beasts of the Southern Wild tells a story somewhere between harsh reality and whimsical fantasy. Based in a small, impecunious community on the border of both New Orleans and modern civilization, Benh Zeitlin, the director, tells a fantastical story. Both the cinematography and score add whole new layers to the story as well. Despite it being his debut in cinematography for a feature film, Ben Richardson creates a masterful and beautiful backdrop for the story to take place. And the soundtrack, curated by Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer, fits wonderfully in the story, adding emotion, but isn’t too overwhelming, just as it should be. Beasts of the Southern Wild was loosely based off of a play, Juicy and Delicious, the author of which also collaborated with Benh Zeitlin to write the film.
The 1992 winner of the best movie of the year, Unforgiven, is viewed by many to clash with the society of 1992 involving certain aspects of feminism and racism just to name two. This movie won four academy awards including best picture, best supporting actor, best director, and best editing but it was actually nominated for nine which is pretty phenomenal considering the amount of money it cost to make the film. In this movie, morality is in question throughout the whole film, as well as the power money actually has on people. The plot of Unforgiven focuses on the character William Munny (Clint Eastwood), who gave up his life as a thief, murderer, and villain for the love of a woman and to raise the family they were soon to have. Unlike
Unforgiven is an incredible movie directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood also plays the lead role as William Munny. Unforgiven revolves around a pig farmer who has long retired from his outlaw and killer ways; however, due to the daily struggles of the west, Munny needs money to support his children. Unforgiven is relevant to the class due to our studies of the settlement out west. The three literary devices best captured in Unforgiven are setting, plot, and characterization.
The 1992 film Unforgiven, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, has a central theme that is one of good versus evil in which good overcomes evil by bringing justice to those who are evil. Munny has changed from the vicious murderer he was in the past and now wishes to bring justice to evil men who harmed the innocent prostitute Delilah and his friend Ned. The film is not quite the traditional Western film by any means as Eastwood’s character Will Munny has not always been a moral man. Nevertheless, Will Munny through the use of violence sets out to balance out the battle of good and evil by seeing that evil men get what is coming to them, even though Munny is no saint himself.
To conclude, the movie is full of suspense, violence, racism, and good humor to forget about all the bad things about it. Based on my analysis, Many of the social concepts, and theories regarding the movie Django Unchained
Django Unchained is a film that follows the story of Django, who was a slave turned bounty hunter, and Dr. King Schultz, who is a bounty hunter. Schultz purchases Django in order to make him a freeman, due to the information he has about his bounty for Schultz. In return, the only goal Django sets out to achieve is finding and rescuing his wife, Broomhida, after they were separated in a slave deal. Schultz and Django come to find that Broomhida is located at the location of the famous Calvin Candie, who is a cotton-field owner. Schultz and Django then come up with a plan to rescue his wife from Candie.
The movies that Tarantino makes are not just violent, but have a great storyline, which he writes. His most famous movies include: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, and the newest one, Inglourious Basterds (IMDb). Other, less famous ones are: Jackie Brown and Grindhouse (a double-feature consisting of Planet Terror, and Death Proof) (IMDb). To this day, people still talk about how great of a movie Pulp Fiction is. These movies are well known for their graphic violence, and sometimes profanity.
“Hacksaw Ridge” represents one of the movies from last year that I was most curious about. I love Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart,” and the story here seemed interesting. Plus, I was curious to see how Hollywood would react to Gibson’s return to directing after his incendiary past. I finally caught up with the best picture nominee, and it’s certainly a good, but not great, movie.
The film set in the deep South in 1858, about a slave who gains his freedom with the help of Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a German bounty hunter, and sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner is an intriguing story with very graphic action scenes. The plot of the story begins as Dr. Shultz buys Django (Jamie Foxx), a black slave, from some traveling slave owners. He buys Django because he is chasing a pair of outlaws known as the Brittle Brothers and Django is the only person who knows what they look like. As the plot develops, Dr. Schultz and Django become allies and work together to achieve each other’s personal goals; Dr. Schultz wants to track down and