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Quentin Tarantino’s follow-up to the widely successful and critically
acclaimed Nazi-killing business flick, Inglourious Basterds, once again
sees the fan-favorite filmmaker take-on a controversial historical
subject: this time American slavery.
Instead of tackling the
sensitive topic as a reverent and grounded drama, the director (in
typical Tarantino fashion) positioned his pre-abolition revenge flick as
stylized genre fare – specifically a spaghetti western. Tarantino drew
inspiration from Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci, especially his
exceedingly violent 1966 film Django (about a man hunting his wife’s
killer), in an effort to present the horrors of slavery with
entertaining revenge fantasy irreverence. Does Tarantino successfully
balance the intended historical insight with his usual stylistic
influence and embellishment?
In spite of some exceptionally
indulgent moments, Django Unchained is another sharp and enjoyable
Tarantino effort. Fans of the filmmaker, as well as casual viewers who
were drawn-in by Inglourious Basterds, will find plenty of the
director’s trademark witty dialogue, quirky characters, as well as
blood-splattering violence. Several thematic points are a little
on-the-nose, even for a not-so-subtle writer like Tarantino, and a few
unrestrained filmmaking choices distract from an otherwise immersive
revenge tale. Still, while some moviegoers might be overwhelmed by the
sheer amount of story material in the 165-minute tale, or roll their
eyes at an especially intrusive onscreen appearance by the director
himself, Django Unchained contains enough captivating performances,
smart setpieces, and humorous/brutal social commentary to be an
agreeable (and stylized) nod to the spaghetti western genre.
Loosely
inspired by the tale of lost love and revenge in Corbucci’s Django film
(actor Franco Nero even has an Unchained cameo), Tarantino’s latest
movie follows recently freed slave, Django (Jamie Foxx), who joins with
German bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), in the
business of killing bad people for money. Schultz recruits Django to
help collect the bounty on the vicious (and especially hard-to-find)
Brittle Brothers - promising to assist the former slave in a quest to
rescue his wife Broomhilda Von Shaft (Kerry Washington) from one of the
wealthiest and most dangerous plantation owners in the deep south,
Francophile Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
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wallows in the joy of vengeance (especially in a blood-soaked third
act). The story plays to the director’s strengths, mixing savage and
violent altercations with moments of light-hearted humor and sharp
conversations between multilayered characters – framed with striking
imagery. The early interactions between Schultz and Django, where the
Doctor helps the former slave adjust to life as a free man, keep things
light until the audience is fully immersed in the horrors of the time
period – most notably Candie’s enjoyment of Mandingo-like slave-on-slave
fighting.
On their own, these small hiccups don’t undercut the
overall quality of Django Unchained; however, now that the director is
tackling larger (and more contentious) subject matter, it may be time
for him to show increased restraint when it comes to implementing
trademark cameos and his music sensibilities (among other recurring
Tarantino mainstays). This round, some long-standing Tarantino
filmmaking staples actually lesson the impact of a few important story
beats – putting the director in the spotlight, not the onscreen drama.
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is an intriguing mix of mass-market appeal that Tarantino enjoyed with
Inglourious Basterds and playful/unrestrained storytelling that, with
Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction, first made him a fan-favorite filmmaker.
As a result, there’s a disconnect in Tarantino’s latest offering that
sometimes weakens the overall strength of the story. That said, any
minor missteps aren’t enough to entirely distract from the unique Django
Unchained experience – which successfully pays homage to its spaghetti
western inspiration and disturbing source material with sharp
performances, entertaining characters, as well as poignant violence.
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