Tarantino is back... and unchained!

Rating: 8/10 (17 January 2013)

Yes, the boy wonder is back, here lays today a new master class on cinema. You, who are fond of Western (THE American genre), you will see, since the initial credit in red scarlet letters, that the 60's and 70's and their "chefs d'oeuvre" have been brought back to life! Shots, films, colors, sets... everything is here for a true "hommage".
Except for the true violence and the blood throwings, you will not think, for 2/3 parts of this movie, that you are in Tarantino. Exit (at least partially) the delicious dialogs, the trashy one and the false philosophical one. After all, this is slavery and Tarantino seems apologetic: no false tears, but amazing and despicable human conduct. Forget the false debate, it's not about truth, not about reality but about condition and every situations, taken as a all, are part of History. But it could not be called a Tarantino session, if the last part of the movie was not his usual "we accelerate it all and it will blow to your face" scenes! Amazing how all his characters seem to culminate and reveal their true potential at the same breaking point.
And there is a lot to say about them: our fellow "devils", Django and his love one, are not only unbreakable but really growing in presence scenes after scenes.Both more human than the White folks, and savagely fierce. The beloved Doctor could be some kind of Doc Holliday, well educated, dentist, nice appearance and... hell of a killer when his fellows "Monsieur" Candy or "Big daddy" are archetypes of their generation. Even the supporting roles are great: you have seen some in Westernish production (like the Moonlight guy from Justified) and you will recognize Tarantino's favorite, Samuel L Jackson ahead, but first go back to see some Kill Bill, Death Proof. There is more than just a touch of the same style in all his movie, with some close-up shots you will enjoy the winks!
Despite the Candy land and the Suggar daddy, life in those areas is nothing sweet and tasty. You have a taste of blood lingering in your body and the editing (amazing) is here to help you remember. When you think that there has to be a bottom to strongly violent inhuman behavior, you will fall in a the rabbit hole... OK, you can feel bored at some point, asking yourself "is that it?" but this kind of cinema has always more to show, more to convince you and feel appreciated. Yes the story has some hole in it, but think of Django unchained as a puzzle with pieces that you can contemplate separately but that, all in, do the trick! The final touch, which makes this movie even better than the last, is absolutely the score: rich, different, well adapt, strong and natural... This score is everything at the same time! This movie is cultural, it has an atmosphere, a scent of wonder, it's the Tarantino.