shocking view of slavery through the Spaghetti Western

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2013)

John Ford , in his use of the western, was trying to reach a higher level of cinematic art. He was digging deeper into the myth of the West searching a more significant meaning than the usual cowboy movie. Tarantino in Django Unchained does not dig into the myth of the West, but in the pop culture of the Spaghetti western. And where he most succeeds is in the blending of the pop, but tragic mood of the Corbucci western, Django, with a shocking look into slavery. With the passing of time, people tend to absorb barbarities of the past, which we should never forget. By having a look at the racism and mistreatment of slaves, and the phony rationalization behind it so well presented, like in the great performance of Leonardo DiCaprio when he shows a human skull at the dinner table, Tarantino shocks the spectator, with a tremendous intensity. At the same time , by using the western genre which once again proves to be very popular he manages to relate with people all over the world. And in the main scenes with Cristopher Waltz I felt the adrenaline like I hadn't in a western in the last 20 years.