Django Unchained
Django Unchained Script Thoughts, Part 1
Jan 19th
Had it for months, but just started reading the Django Unchained script this week. I’m only about 30 minutes into it, but here are some early thoughts:
Christoph Waltz is going to win another Oscar for this role. The writing is witty and fits him perfectly.
The movie starts quickly, with 2 great sequences right off the bat.
The dialog is funny. Not laugh out loud funny, but the kind of funny where you find yourself smiling thru the whole thing. I’d call it classic Tarantino, but that understates its cleverness.
Daniele Watts Joins ‘Django Unchained’
Jan 13th
The Django Unchained cast grows a little bit bigger. Daniele Watts will play the role of Coco.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUS19129866520120113?irpc=932
Django Unchained Filming Delayed
Jan 5th
The start of filming of Django Unchained in Louisiana has been delayed until February. No reason is given in the reports so far.
Hopefully it doesn’t affect the planned late December 2012 release date.
Trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator
Jan 4th
The trailer for The Dictator has been released. The film stars Sacha Baron Cohen, who will appear in Django Unchained later in 2012.
Django Unchained – Must See In 2012
Jan 1st
Its very encouraging to see that Django Unchained is on nearly everyone’s ‘must see in 2012′ list. The expectations for this film are sky high.
Possible Django Taglines
Dec 27th
The official Django Unchained twitter account asked for tagline suggestions today.
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/quentin-tarantino-django-unchained-possible-taglines_b48944
Django Unchained Versus Kindred
Dec 26th
The Root has a review of the Django Unchained script by way of comparing it to the Octavia Butler novel Kindred. Kindred is written by a black woman, and uses science fiction to yank a modern day black woman back to the time of slavery.
If Butler uses a familiar genre, science fiction, to introduce readers to the unfamiliar horrors of slavery, then Tarantino plans to use the spaghetti Western to that same end. It’s a genre that audiences know: The good guy, all in white, saves a damsel in distress from the bad guy, all in black. The twist is, it’s the black guy, a former slave, who saves the day in what Tarantino has described as a “Southern,” a Western set in the antebellum Deep South.
“I want to do movies that deal with America’s horrible past, with slavery and stuff, but do them like spaghetti Westerns, not like big-issue movies. I want to do them like they’re genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it’s ashamed of it,” explained Tarantino in a 2007 interview with the Daily Telegraph.
As I was reading their breakdown of Kindred before they got to the details on Django Unchained, I didn’t think they’d like Django. But, I was wrong.
What I didn’t expect was that the script for Django would be as good as it is. It reads like a traditional Western, with all the expert gunslinging and professional killing that goes along with the genre.
If that sounds violent, it’s because it should. What’s more violent than slavery? What’s a better backdrop for the ills of a torturous institution that affected everyone it touched for the worse?
Profile Of Kerry Washington – Django Unchained Female Lead
Dec 24th
Largely focused on her prior work, but towards the end, there is some mention of her Django Unchained role. Can’t excerpt it now because I’m on my mobile.
Tarantino Sightings in Mammoth Lakes, CA
Dec 24th
A few Quentino Tarantino sightings in Mammoth Lakes, CA have been reported. As we mentioned a few days back, he’s there to film some scenes for Django Unchained.
“My Way” A Featured Django Unchained Song
Dec 20th
Quentin Tarantino’s music decisions about his films always sound a bit off-the-wall when I hear about them. Yet time and time again, they work perfectly with the film once integrated. So how about a rendition of “My Way” by a Michael Madsen look-a-like?
singer Mick Harren says he’s been asked by Quentin Tarantino to deliver a multilingual version of Frank Sinatra’s classic “My Way.” Uh…okay. Apparently, Tarantino stumbled across Harren while surfing the internet (lord only knows what he was actually looking for) and was apparently impressed by Harren’s supposed resemblance to Michael Madsen.
Bring it on!



