Tarantino's Next Project: Django Unchained

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Unchained#Other_potential_projects

So its a western about a german dentist who turns bounty hunter and buys a slave because the slave is the only man who knows what the german's next target looks like. Along the way the two befriend each other and the german decides to help free the slave's wife. This. Sounds. Awesome! It will probably play out a bit like Inglourious Basterds, but with slavery instead of Hitler being the target. Me likey!

Also, Leonardo Di Caprio plays the villainous slave master who forces his slaves to fight to the death for his amusement. I'm in love with this movie.

edited 11th Nov '11 7:15:18 PM by MyGodItsFullofStars

Soooo it's not a remake/ continuation of Django?

Tarantino doing an actual Italo Western instead of merely referencing them all the time?

FUCK YES!

Tarantino doing anyting?

FUCK YES!

edited 15th Nov '11 5:19:43 AM by thatguythere47

Besides Tarantino, this being Kurt Russell's first film in five years really interests me.

DYNOMITE! DYNOMITE!

Only 6 posts on what's going to be the movie of the year? Fucking racists. Disclaimer

Honestly, Col. Landa, Frank Abagnale, Ray Charles, and sexy-as-hell Kerry Washington. I need to buy my tickets NOW!

I am extremely skeptical of Leo playing a heavy.

Funny you say that, Leo's got a Golden Globe nod for Best Supporting Actor for this movie. The movie itsels has a fair number of nods as well.

Besides the Exactly What It Says on the Tin plot, I was greatly interested in seeing Leo go against type and play a Large Ham Affably Evil villain.

edited 13th Dec '12 6:52:11 AM by TheStarshipMaxima

Considering that reports of this film are that it is quite disturbing and gruesome in its portrayal of slavery, since that is how it was like back in the day, I wonder if the movie is a case of Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped.

At this point in time, how is "slavery was really, really bad" an anvil that needs to be dropped? I thought there was a pretty solid consensus on that point.

It's just that most works don't tend to show just how horrific it was.

Also, it's Tarantino. He'd make it gruesome even if slavery was somehow all sunshine and rainbows.

EDIT: 'Gruesome' isn't the best word. 'Graphic'.

edited 18th Dec '12 4:10:52 PM by disruptorfe404

As well as hearing very good things about the film I'm pretty keen on it. Although I did not like Inglorious Basterds so what do I know. In regards to the slavery thing I found this article informative. http://www.vibe.com/article/vibe-cover-story-django-unchained

How, exactly, was slavery more horrific than is generally realized? 'Cause what I remember from history class is that slaves were worked to the bone, seperated from their families, inspected and sold like animals, forced to subside on digusting refuse of food, mutilated for petty reasons or no reasons at all, raped with impunity, and killed on the flimsiest suspicion of ill-conduct. Unless slaves were eaten alive or given lobotomies, I'm having a hard time envisioning how you could top that.

edited 19th Dec '12 1:28:55 AM by RavenWilder

At the risk of derailing the topic, I'll throw in my two cents.

I think that is because in a lot of audiences, the idea that slavery was a vital part of their nation's national economies is something they are at least two centuries removed from. Especially in the United States and most of Western Europe. The idea that slavery was something that was not only socially acceptable, but encouraged is something a lot of people can't wrap their heads around. And in one form or another, it still happens today. Reading about it in a book is one thing. Some people need that visual kick in the pants to get it into their heads.

Not that I will be watching it for that, mind you. I love gritty Westerns, Tarantino is one of my favorite directors and I continue to love his odes to the 70's exploitation genres.

I have mixed feelings. I am not a Tarantino fan but it is Samuel L. Jackson in a western. Is Samuel not getting a shocking lack of attention or is that old guy I saw someone else?

Yep, that's him. I think they're not showing much of him in the trailers as Trailers Always Lie. One review described him as the most significant character (thematically, if not plot-wise). But that's my guess, I haven't seen the film so I'm just repeating what I've heard.

Seriously, Tarantino is quite obsessed with violence and gore. It is rather hard to believe that he is such a nice person when his movies contain gallons of blood.

I don't remember there being that much violence in Jackie Brown (but I did only see that movie once a long time ago).

How? Some of the nicest directors I've met make the nastiest gore-fests I can think of.

Anyway...great movie. And yes, very gruesome as others have said.

I loved the reaction shot to the Klansmen getting blown up.

Jackey Brown really didn't call for a lot of violence. Tarantino has really only directed two (or 3) excessive violent movies; The Kill Bill movies and this, Django. One was about Assassin's and this was a Western so it's not like the killing was a shock.

Personally, I loved this movie. Best movie of the year I've personally seen.

I'm highly amused by the fact that the opening scene of the film involves a group of black men being liberated by a white guy named Dr. King.

I've said elsewhere that Tarantino is one of the only guys who can get me into a movie theater anymore; I can't tell you how many movies have been ruined for me by bad theater experiences. Well, it was most definitely worth overcoming my revulsion in order to see this on a big screen.

edited 27th Dec '12 3:19:05 AM by JakesBrain

This might be my favorite movie in months. I really liked the mixture of heavy subject matter and dark/odd humor it had. And I loved the dynamic between Django and King; they worked well together and I could really feel the friendship growing between them. The ending was also very satisfying.

Some of the humor did make me a bit uncomfortable, and I couldn't help wondering Is it okay to laugh at this?*

Overall I thought it was great.

@Rock Lee - A key component of Tarantino movies is that you find yourself laughing at things that are positively horrific. It was funny to be in a theater and feel some of the white moviegoers sitting there like "Do I get to laugh at this?" and sharing a glance at them "Yeah, totally cool."

This movie was absolutely wonderful, with good performances all the way around. Even though I hated his character, Samuel L Jackson owned as the house slave, as did Leo as Calvin Candie.