Favourite film

DJANGO UNCHAINED



Django Unchained will go down in history as an all-time great. Here’s why:

Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained has the classic Tarantino style of beautiful cinematography, extravagant gore, exquisite soundtrack and an outstanding storyline. Due to the fact that Django Unchained was created recently (2012), the special effects and camera quality make the film hard to compete with in that respect. However it’s not just the fact that the technology used is advanced, the varying scenes  of vast western countryside accompanied by the soundtrack which is packed with a selection of western classics and modern interpretations makes the film a piece of art.

Writer/Director: Quentin Tarantino

          Jamie Foxx stars as Django, the notorious freed slave who acts as a grim reaper alongside Dr Scholtz (Christopher Waltz), picking off criminal after criminal to claim bounties. There are many moments in the film that not only am I immersed in the beauty of the scenery and cinematography but am also left in stitches from the witty banter between characters and the smooth one liners delivered exquisitely in various shoot out scenes. A flawless script. Tarantiono is a genius. A notable Tarantino film would be True Romance, Tarantino wrote the film, however he did not have enough money or notoriety to create it with the actors he wished, so he sold the film to Tony Scott who directed it, Tarantino becomes recognisable after this and starts making films like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Natural Born killers.

  

      From the very beginning of the film where there are various clips of a chain-gang marching across a barren desert in the sweltering heat to hobbling through the freezing cold woods to the song “Django” to the closing scene of the rich and infamous Mr Candie the slave master’s mansion being blown to shreds whilst Jamie Foxx marches confidently away from the explosion, we the audience are captivated. I myself have watch the 2 hours and 48 minute feature 5 or 6 times in the past year and still have not gotten bored of it. That’s what it takes to make a great, to be able to relentlessly watch a film in total awe over and over again.

     My favourite scene would have to be when Django hears news of slaves being beaten unjustly on a plantation by an old slave master who used to oppress him. At this point Django is dress in a bright blue velvet outfit, with a white frilly bow. He marches powerfully through the plantation, brushing aside willow branches with a severe look of rage on his face, creating a wonderful contrast between his comical outfit and his enraged mood. All the while La Corsa is building in the background as Django get closer and closer to the slave master, and as the song hits a beautiful rise, the camera pans out on Django, who stands in a power pose, facing the oppressor who wields a large whip.
(La Corsa - Django Unchained )
The look of shock and fear on the slave master’s face is incredibly satisfying as Django points his revolver at him. (previously Django had a flashback of when he was under the slave masters power some years back, Django was begging for his life, to which the slave master replies “I like the way you beg, boy”) Django pauses, then utters the words “I like the way you die, boy” in a hushed tone….This is both marvellously cheesy but absolutely empowering. A spectacular film through and through that I’ll remember for a very long time.