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you mean unchained?! For a minute there i thought the original Franco Nero film was getting praise on this forum.
silly me.
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I don't know, but expecting historical accuracy in Django Unchained is like expecting the same from one of those Blaxploitation westerns of the early 70's. QT is a guy making the kind of films he grew up loving. That's what he does. Grindhouse films, 70's Kung Fu flicks, wartime adventures and the like. I get him. I made some training videos for my office and one was made like a 1960's adventure TV show. The other was more like a 70's cop mystery. They went over pretty well, because it was different form what was being done normally and it brought back feelings of nostalgia for some.
Honestly, he does what I would love to do professionally. Just so happens he's successful at it. Some of his work I like, others I don't, but I applaud him for making the films he loves and getting buttloads of money for it. But looking for any real historical accuracy is kind of a waste of time. How true to the period was Buck and the Preacher? Or (sorry this is the name) Boss Nigger? Or Take a Hard Ride?
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It's pretty much like accepting any fictional universe. Just not sci-fi or super-hero related. If you can accept super powered dues fighting giant robots, then why not something in a Tarantino film?
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so if you dont "get" him, is there something wrong with you??
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Dec 28, 2014 - 3:51 PM
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pp312
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It's pretty much like accepting any fictional universe. Just not sci-fi or super-hero related. If you can accept super powered dues fighting giant robots, then why not something in a Tarantino film?
Because it's set in a specific historical context, one we all know about, more or less. I'm quite happy to watch Star trek, Stargate or whatever. I accept that this is a created world, that a work of imagination has been put in a blank space. Not so with Tarantino's efforts. He's trying to put something over what is already there, which is called History, or at least Accepted History. It's like an artist trying to paint over Whistler's Mother or something. There may be a parallel universe somewhere where what Tarantino is presenting us with actually happened, but it's not this one. In this one something else happened, and we know about it. You--or at least I--can't unknow what I know just because this 'genius' wants to modify history (and pretty sad history at that). I don't get it and I don't want it.
As you may have guessed, I'm the kid who wouldn't play Cowboys and Indians unless all the other kids were accurately attired and aware of the historical context. That's just the way it is.
P.S. Haven't seen it yet, but I suspect '12 Years a Slave' may be more my bag.
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pp, you are wasting your time old son.
No borderline waverers ripe to be converted on this thread!!
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