Tarantino unchains bloody 'Django' at Comic-Con

associated press ^ | 7/14/12

[BBell]

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Quentin Tarantino is redefining race relations in the pre-Civil War South with "Django Unchained," his Western-style saga that he previewed at the Comic-Con fan convention.

Tarantino said Saturday that he has been wanting to do a Western for ages and that the idea for "Django Unchained" first came to him 13 years ago.

[PapaBear3625]

I really don't see why this anti-white and anti-Southern crap is being tossed out to the ignorant easily manipulated masses at this time. The movies release date is not until December BTW.

And then there was "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter" with its Confederate vampires.

[BBell]

I suffer bouts of paranoia now and again. It’s usually when I’m drinking too much and thinking too much. Not a good combination.

[BBell]

I actually read "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter". It was not bad. I made a deal with my daughter that if she read "Killing Lincoln" I would read "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter". She did not keep up her end of the bargain.

I did not see the movie but she did and from what she said of the movie it deviates way to much from the book.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

I suspect that this started as something of a remake of Hang ‘em High, starring Clint Eastwood, that itself was (loosely) based on the story of former slave Bass Reeves, who became Deputy to “Hanging Judge” Issac Parker in the Oklahoma Indian Territories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Reeves

Bass Reeves (1838–1910) was one of the first African Americans (possibly the first) to receive a commission as a Deputy U.S. Marshal west of the Mississippi River.

Hollywood has been wanting to make a movie about Reeves for many years, but it is somewhat problematic as Reeves was a good lawman, and though very skilled with a gun, wanted to arrest, not shoot, those men he had been given a warrant to arrest. As such it lends itself less to drama.

The Django movies, however, are pure fluff.

[Army Air Corps]

It is interesting to watch the film knowing that at one point in his career, the director pissed-off Party apparatchiks. I always chuckle when Sukhov says, "Comrade Girls" when addressing the hareem.

[Army Air Corps]

I agree, it is a good film. It buolds very steadily and is a good ride. Have you ever watched Lemonade Joe?

[Ecliptic]

I would like to see many more Western made every year. But I get tired of racial concepts. I know racism is terrible, but I want entertainment, not someone beating me over the head with racism.

[Verginius Rufus]

Does this have anything to do with Bob Dylan’s “Mr. Tambourine Man” and “djingo django morning”?

[ClearCase_guy]

It's all about this guy.

[Army Air Corps]

but I want entertainment, not someone beating me over the head with racism.

Imagine Obama appearing in a film...

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, it is what I call “violence porn”. Why do people want to wallow in such gore? I think of the Bible verse that says put nothing unworthy before your eyes. It is all part of our culture of death.

[ctdonath2]

The amazing thing about Tarantino movies (maybe Kill Bill aside) is how LITTLE violence there is. The dialog alone inspires a sense of extreme violence, but there isn’t much quantified. Reservoir Dogs registers as one of the most violent movies out there, yet there is little more in it than some hysterical gangsters standing in a warehouse yelling at each other.

[dfwgator]

I was hoping it would be a part “Desperado”, part “Inglourious Basterds” remake with Django Reinhardt as the protagonist. I can see it now, Django shooting Nazis from his guitar case.

[Dr. Pritchett]

I wonder how many of them could refresh my memory about how many Americans died to free them from slavery?!?! I guess that’s gratitude for you.

[Verginius Rufus]

Well, some books of the Bible have a lot of violence...but there is a plot.

When Ulfilas translated the Bible into Gothic in the 4th century, he left out a few of the books that have a lot of warfare in them, figuring that the Goths didn't need the encouragement. ("Amalekites?" "Kill 'em all!")

[dfwgator]

What Tarantino does is he takes a scene and gradually builds up the tension, you know inevitably something bad is going to happen, but it gets revealed slowly.

Two examples, in “Pulp Fiction” where Jules arrives in the apartment and gives his “and you shall know I am the Lord....” speech. He begins by questioning them about their breakfast, and gradually reveals the real reason he’s there.

The other was the opening of Inglourious Basterds, where Landa visits the French farmer.

[tarheelswamprat]

Whatever "Western" Tarantino produces it will never compare to: Once Upon a Time in The West

[dfwgator]

True, Tarantino is no Sam *sniff* Peckinpah.

[Pining_4_TX]

Yes, but it is not gratuitous, explicitly portrayed violence in every grisly detail. Gibson’s movie about Christ went way beyond what the Bible did in depicting Christ’s suffering and death. We don’t have to see every gruesome moment to know how horrible something like that is.