Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' ORIGINAL SONGS

JWESTBROOK

Principle photography on Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' has begun.

The first scene, rumored from a supposed 'insider' described it as this:

"On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loud speaker blasts Jim Croce’s hit song "I got a Name."

The film is set to be released Christmas, 2012, and follows a slave on a rampage of revenge through the South, filmed in the famous Spaghetti Western style of the 60's and 70's.

Here's the song, 'I Got A Name':

The cast includes big names such as:
Jamie Foxx
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Christoph Waltz
Sacha Baron Cohen
Leonardo DeCaprio
Samuel L. Jackson
Kurt Russel
and
Kerry Washington

Anybody as excited as I am?

Here's the new poster:

thelivingroyale

I've really been looking forward to this. I hope it wins awards when its released.

SharkBait

Me. I'm curious to see what Mr. Tarantino can do with the now dead spaghetti western genre. I'm confident that he can deliver the whistles and the jingles and the bangs. Movie geek by nature.

Shardlake

Can't wait, loved IB and the cast for this is just stunning, 2012 hopefully has some cracking films coming our way, end the year with another violent adult film like 2011.

JWESTBROOK

It sounds like the scene they shot is Sergio Leone 101. His westerns always had a wideshot of cowboys walking across a town, or arriving. Hopefully we get plenty of sneek-shots and clips.

JWESTBROOK

FLIPPIN SET PHOTO:

Samuel001

That was quick.

This film should be a good way to end the year.

JWESTBROOK

Samuel001 said:
That was quick.

This film should be a good way to end the year.

Oh, should have sourced it. It was on the article on http://reservoirwatchdogs.com/ if your interested.

JWESTBROOK

More set photos:

Its apparantly using the same set as the Deadwood TV Show.

JWESTBROOK

Evan Parke of King Kong (the remake) and multiple American television shows joins the cast.

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a365270/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-casts-evan-parke.html

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Filming wrapped in Wyoming, and will finish in Louisiana after a break.

There was notably a scene with elk and bison, at this location:

SaintMark

QT one of the overrated directors of our time.

JWESTBROOK

SaintMark said:
QT one of the overrated directors of our time.

HAHAHA okay.

thelivingroyale

SaintMark said:
QT one of the overrated directors of our time.

I don't think he's overrated at all. Infact I think he's underrated, his films often don't win the awards they should because of the violence, which I think is unfair.

SaintMark

thelivingroyale said:

SaintMark said:
QT one of the overrated directors of our time.

I don't think he's overrated at all. Infact I think he's underrated, his films often don't win the awards they should because of the violence, which I think is unfair.

No he doesn't win anything because for quite a few films he hasn't added anything new, he just copies stuff that gives him a wood as a fanboy. I am quite sure that with his new movie all the QT fanboys will go ballistic but if they take the time looking at the original movies he is copying now you'll find that they are step for step better.

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SaintMark said:
No he doesn't win anything because for quite a few films he hasn't added anything new, he just copies stuff that gives him a wood as a fanboy. I am quite sure that with his new movie all the QT fanboys will go ballistic but if they take the time looking at the original movies he is copying now you'll find that they are step for step better.

You say he's 'copying', I say he's remaking films in the genres that are all but gone.

Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction - He loves gangster flicks, so he made damn gangster flicks.

Jackie Brown - Well, he didn't write it, but he liked a book so he directed it.

Kill Bill V.1/2 - He loves 70's Karate B-movies, so he made 70's Karate B-movies and mixed a little western in there.

Death Proof - He loves grindhouse flicks, so he made a grindhouse flick.

Inglourious Basterds - He loves 'guys on a mission' movies, so he made a 'guys on a mission' movie AS WELL AS a revenge flick.

Django Unchained - He loves spaghetti westerns, so he made a spaghetti western.

He just sees what he likes, notices its not made anymore, so he steps up and makes them! Its like Chevy bringing back the Camero, or Dodge bringing back the Charger. He likes novelty, so he makes it. He takes classic elements and mixes them about a bit.

Like it or not, he does what he wants, and he gets respect for it. Don't be mad at him for doing something he loves and making money.

SaintMark

I am happy for him that he does something he loves and makes money. That doesn't mean he is as great as he thinks he is. In my humble opinion he is overrated, and the fact that he doesn't do well when it comes to prizes is that more folks find him overrated.
But he knows his movie stuff.

JWESTBROOK

SaintMark said:
I am happy for him that he does something he loves and makes money. That doesn't mean he is as great as he thinks he is. In my humble opinion he is overrated, and the fact that he doesn't do well when it comes to prizes is that more folks find him overrated.
But he knows his movie stuff.

Yes, indeed he does over-rate himself by a far margin. And admittingly, when he deserves an Oscar, he gets it ala Christoph Waltz as Landa and for scripting Pulp.

Kill Bill was 'epic' but didn't have Oscar worthy moments, same with Jackie and Death Proof. And Reservoir Dogs was too early, and Oscar rarely is generous to newcomers. It took Martin Scorsese decades and dozens of mesmerizing films to get an Oscar nod.

The OSCARS are overrated.

thelivingroyale

JWESTBROOK said:

SaintMark said:
I am happy for him that he does something he loves and makes money. That doesn't mean he is as great as he thinks he is. In my humble opinion he is overrated, and the fact that he doesn't do well when it comes to prizes is that more folks find him overrated.
But he knows his movie stuff.

Yes, indeed he does over-rate himself by a far margin. And admittingly, when he deserves an Oscar, he gets it ala Christoph Waltz as Landa and for scripting Pulp.

Kill Bill was 'epic' but didn't have Oscar worthy moments, same with Jackie and Death Proof. And Reservoir Dogs was too early, and Oscar rarely is generous to newcomers. It took Martin Scorsese decades and dozens of mesmerizing films to get an Oscar nod.

The OSCARS are overrated.

Every year there is constant proof that the oscars are out of touch. This year drive didn't get a nod for anything, while extremely loud and incredibly close somehow did. And before then we've had christopher nolan constantly snubbed in the best director category.

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thelivingroyale said:
Every year there is constant proof that the oscars are out of touch. This year drive didn't get a nod for anything, while extremely loud and incredibly close somehow did. And before then we've had christopher nolan constantly snubbed in the best director category.

Drive indeed deserved alot more than it got. What an excellent film. Quentin Tarantino was quoted saying that 'Refn needs to learn from the master' or something like that and didn't even put it on his 'best' list of 2011. The bastard. In fact I think he put it on his 'worst' list because he felt it was trying too hard.

EL&IC only got a nod because the OSCARS are American and its a film about 9/11. Boo hoo get over it. A films setting shouldn't win it awards.

And Nolan's rewards are the records he breaks every time he goes to the box office :P

thelivingroyale

JWESTBROOK said:

thelivingroyale said:
Every year there is constant proof that the oscars are out of touch. This year drive didn't get a nod for anything, while extremely loud and incredibly close somehow did. And before then we've had christopher nolan constantly snubbed in the best director category.

Drive indeed deserved alot more than it got. What an excellent film. Quentin Tarantino was quoted saying that 'Refn needs to learn from the master' or something like that and didn't even put it on his 'best' list of 2011. The bastard. In fact I think he put it on his 'worst' list because he felt it was trying too hard.

EL&IC only got a nod because the OSCARS are American and its a film about 9/11. Boo hoo get over it. A films setting shouldn't win it awards.

And Nolan's rewards are the records he breaks every time he goes to the box office :P

I saw the list and I was suprised, because I thought drive was something he'd enjoy. Anf for the oscars, the films settings might not always win the awards but they definetly help (if the film is set in the past, like around 1800s, and based on some histrocial thing then they'll probably love it)

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thelivingroyale said:
I saw the list and I was surprised, because I thought drive was something he'd enjoy. And for the oscars, the films settings might not always win the awards but they definitely help (if the film is set in the past, like around 1800s, and based on some historical thing then they'll probably love it)

While it does add to the story, films should be judged on their script first, acting second, direction third. If it has a good script, a good actor will highlight it beautifully. A good script and good acting paired with good direction often makes the perfect film.

thelivingroyale

Just looked over tarantinos list again, drive was put in the "nice try" category. I'm guessing it means nice try for making a really cool, noirish, awesome, gritty film (sarcasm).

Joking aside, I was happy that he put red state and attack the block on his list, films which I thought were underrated.

thelivingroyale

JWESTBROOK said:

thelivingroyale said:
I saw the list and I was surprised, because I thought drive was something he'd enjoy. And for the oscars, the films settings might not always win the awards but they definitely help (if the film is set in the past, like around 1800s, and based on some historical thing then they'll probably love it)

While it does add to the story, films should be judged on their script first, acting second, direction third. If it has a good script, a good actor will highlight it beautifully. A good script and good acting paired with good direction often makes the perfect film.

I agree, but the oscars seem to go nuts over any big drama based on history.

JWESTBROOK

thelivingroyale said:
I agree, but the oscars seem to go nuts over any big drama based on history.

Sam Mendes has been there, done that ;)

JWESTBROOK

Tarantino to shoot at Evergreen Plantation near New Orleans:

http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2012/02/25/quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained-begins-filming-at-the-evergreen-plantation-in-louisiana-on-monday/

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Robert Richardson, cinematographer for Django Unchained, won the Oscar in the category for his work on Hugo!

Will Tarantino sweep the Oscars up next year?

QBranch

Love spaghetti westerns; love all of Tarantino's films and grindhouse films he's involved with. This is a must see for me.

JWESTBROOK

QBranch said:
Love spaghetti westerns; love all of Tarantino's films and grindhouse films he's involved with. This is a must see for me.

I'm in too. (obviously) But since Inglourious Basterds, you pair up Waltz and Tarantino and I'm there.

JWESTBROOK

Proof that Tarantino is the most bad ass director in town:

Gerard

When I watched Kill Bill II, I thought, and I said at the time, that Tarentino would be perfect as a director of a faithful to fleming Bond movie. Because what Elle do when she kills Bud with a Black Mamba, delivering the details of that snake's venom effects, is straight out of Fleming. Ian loved to pepper his novels with bits of trivia like that (remember the story of the Plyers Cigarettes sailor from TB, or the list of poisonous plants in YOLT).

He is also a good actor director. Uma Thurman was never as good as in Kill Bill (as for her worse, it's a tie between Batman and Robin and The Avengers). Same with Travolta in Pulp Fiction. So yes, it cold have worked. But we'll probably never know, will we?

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