Django Unchained: A Fistful Of Tarantino
Django
Unchained:
5 out of 5
Calvin Candie: I’ve heard a tale about you. You got me curious.
Django: I’m curious as to what makes you so curious.
Admittedly,
this review may be more straightforward than others, because Django
Unchained has been my most anticipated film of the year and it managed to
deliver in every respect. Much like Bond films, a new film by Quentin
Tarantino is very much an event for me. I get really excited, rewatch his
past work, and wait in eager anticipation for what is coming very soon. Django
Unchained is the kind of film that Tarantino has been building to, based on
many of his previous films, which incorporate many western elements. This
is a film that is rooted to the atmosphere of spaghetti westerns, but true to
Tarantino form, feels like a genre film unto itself. It is just as much a
Blaxploitation film as it is a western and it just as much a comedy as it is an
action-thriller. The dialogue and colorful characters are of course a
highlight, but there is certainly plenty going on in this lively western opus
from the mind of Tarantino.
The film
is set in the Deep South, a couple years before the Civil War. A bounty hunter,
Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), who uses his former occupation as a dentist
for his cover, is in search of a gang of killers, the Brittle Brothers.
There is only one man who can identify these men by face. This man is
Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave who has been separated from his wife, Broomhilda
(Kerry Washington). Dr. Schultz frees Django (the D is silent by the way)
and enlists him as a partner in bounty hunting. As a deal, Django will
help locate the Brittle Brothers and Schultz will assist in finding
Broomhilda. In locating her, this eventually leads the duo to a
plantation owner known as Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who enjoys betting
on slave fights. Candie’s plantation is known as Candyland, where he of
course owns many slaves, including his right-hand man, Stephen (Samuel L.
Jackson). To get what they want, Django and Schultz are going to have to
use their talents as gunmen as well as their powers of persuasion in order to
be successful.
Django
Unchained is
different from Tarantino’s previous film, Inglourious Basterds, for a
number of reasons, but not in ways that make it a lesser film. While ‘Inglourious’
was a warped version of a war film, complete with revisionist history, that was
structured as a series of tension-filled vignettes, with tinges of humor
throughout, ‘Django ‘is a stylish beast of a film that is more in line
with Tarantino’s handling of Kill Bill. Despite being a period
film, things are very stylized here, with bloodshed being over-emphasized at
times (which has you better accepting the brutality of certain situations),
dialogue registering as true to the times in language, but anachronistic in
tone and delivery, and various soundtrack choices that could be deemed,
“unexpected,” to say the least. There
was even a decision to tie in elements of the oldest German legend, Der
Nibelungenleid, into the story and themes of this film. None of these
things made me appreciate the movie less however, as I find there is a pure
confidence in the way Tarantino presents all these aspects of the film.
This goes
into why one of the key aspects I love about ‘Inglourious’ is now present
in Django Unchained as well. While prior Tarantino films featured
gangsters, crooks, and hitmen speaking in hip Tarantino language, with various pop
culture references, these two period films still contain his style of dialogue,
but it has been appropriated to fit the times. For ‘Django’ the
writing is certainly dealing with the time period they are in, but it has that
feel of a Tarantino movie, given the tone of various scenes, how people speak,
and how the story evolves. It is also not shy about addressing the issues
going on during this time, which brings me to the next topic.
Django: In my world you gotta get dirty so that’s what I’m doing. I’m getting dirty.
Slavery is
very much in the foreground of this film. People may not have needed
Quentin Tarantino to be the one to deal with one of America’s past shames, but
he certainly has and has not backed down from putting forth the ugliness of
this period, not to mention continuing to fit in the N-word whenever
possible. With that said, this is not a movie that has an agenda (the
message of “slavery is bad” is not exactly current); instead, the film is more
like a revenge fantasy combined with a hero’s journey, which takes a
character from a low point and into a higher realm, as he is allowed to reach
his full potential. But then again, it is interesting that the two most
charismatic characters in this film are on opposing ends of the concept of
slavery.
Getting to
the characters, once again Tarantino has assembled an odd ensemble that
consists of big names, character actors, and obscure stars from the past.
Jamie Foxx, as the titular Django, fits in quite well within this
universe. He of course has an attitude of cool about him, but is also
able to bring a convincing sense of being a slave turned loose and allowed to
grow from nothing into a full blown gunslinger. At first I found an
aspect slightly underwhelming about Django, as he was not the most engaging
aspect of this film, before I realized that the movie needed to take him to a
place where he suddenly became ‘unchained’ in a sense, prompting me to make
more sense of how things had previously played out.
The two
other big players, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio, are incredibly
entertaining in this film. Waltz may not be creating a completely new
character in the same way that his Oscar-winning performance as Hans Landa
emerged as one of the great villains of the time, but he is certainly very
aware of how to handle Tarantino’s dialogue. He portrays this eccentric
figure who is also a seasoned veteran in the field of bounty hunting, making
him incredibly entertaining to watch. DiCaprio fits into the same sort of
mold in terms of charisma, as he plays a horrible person who seems to be
effortlessly charming to watch. His Candie character gets his kicks from
watching slaves fight each other and happily exerts his authority over others,
making him an easy target as far as truly repugnant people go, yet it is hard
to not want to keep watching this character and see where the story ends up
taking him. I would say that DiCaprio is perhaps weaker than Waltz, but
that is mainly due to how he is less essential as a character.
Dr. King Schultz: You silver tongue devil, you.
There are
plenty of supporting players in this film as well, with people like Don Johnson,
James Remar, Walton Goggins, and Tarantino favorite Michael Parks, but the most
memorable is easily Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen. Stephen is the main
house servant for Candie and he has accepted his role as loving guardian for
the white people at this plantation. Jackson, who people should be well
aware is comfortable with Tarantino’s style, plays Stephen incredibly
over-the-top, keeping in line with other wild Jackson performances, but keeps
things very entertaining as he steals scenes and even unleashes a sinister side
that makes his character even more compelling. The way Stephen shifts
between his interactions with Candie to his interactions with Django and other
black characters shows where his alliances are and it fits well into the wild
journey that the film is taking us on.
Now it is
not just the writing and these characters that make Django Unchained a
superb film. Tarantino once again manages to excellently display his
talents as a director, by creating a universe for this film to exist in, which
is impressive. Finding the balance in tone, which has the film shifting
between tension and humor, during the same scene, is something Tarantino has
constantly been able to accomplish and that continues to be true here.
The style of the film, which I have already described as having a mix of
western and Blaxploitation elements, is deliberate and inclined to place plenty
of emphasis on the craziness, while practically sneaking in some subtle
thematic elements as well.
It may be
important to note that that Sally Menke, the editor on all of Tarantino’s
previous films, passed away back in 2010, which has led to former assistant
editor Fred Raskin taking over editing duties for this film. I would
certainly have to see the film again to notice a true difference, but this film
does feel in step with Tarantino’s other work. Also notable is the
cinematography by Robert Richardson, who manages to fit in the various styles ‘Django’
is going for, with great wide shots of the outdoor locations, fittingly ugly
shots that capture the brutality of certain scenes, and then other shots that
capture the attitude of bounty hunters going after their targets. And of
course, I must also note the fantastic soundtrack which incorporates a wide
variety of old and new tracks, including work by artists such as Ennio
Morricone, John Legend, and Rick Ross. Also, suffice it to say that
Django probably has the best theme song of any character this year.
Django
Unchained is the
most fun you can have at the theaters this holiday season, assuming that you
know you are going into a Tarantino film. It is funny, exciting, incredibly
well-scripted, packed with memorable lines, and full of actors that are clearly
having a lot of fun. It is definitely not a film for sensitive people, as
the language and violence can be about as intense as you can imagine for a film
that has Tarantino tackling the issue of slavery. It is also a long film,
but with the way everything is established, I could honestly have stood being
in this wild wild western world for much longer. It
takes an accomplished master to be able to give you all that you want in an
entertaining film and still leave you wanting more from it. Quentin
Tarantino’s work on Django Unchained certainly helped it fall into
that territory. As a result, the film climbs high into my list of
favorite films of 2012.
Billy Crash: D-jango!
Djagno: The D is silent hillbilly.
Aaron
is a writer/reviewer for WhySoBlu.com.
Follow him on Twitter @AaronsPS3.
He also co-hosts a podcast, Out Now with Aaron and Abe, available via iTunes or at HHWLOD.com.
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