When Django (Jamie Foxx) gets captured, Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson) tells him about his future as a slave in a mining company. As he explains his promised future, making bigger rocks into smaller rocks, losing his name for a number, etc. it becomes clear what Stephen is describing is prison.
This was the moment I had to rethink everything I had seen so far in Tarantino’s 7th film, Django Unchained.
Tarantino reimagines the Spaghetti Western, telling the story of Django…
“There’s just so much to do. The times are changing slowly but surely and it’s men like you that will make a difference. Your military success is a credit not only to you, but your race as well.”
Tarantino’s eighth film, The Hateful Eight, is violent, bloody, and includes gratuitous use of the N word, but it’s also a metaphor for race relations in America.
Set in Wyoming, during a blizzard, some time after the Civil War, the film is…
Oppenheimer moves very fast, but it’s three hours long. This is Nolan’s exploration of juxtaposition, thematically slamming opposing forces against each other so the audience can watch them explode.
It works as a metaphor for the atomic bomb itself, with a focus on the dangers for the use of these new powers.
I’m not sure it works all the time, but it’s great when it does.
