2012’s Django Unchained is the most commercially successful of Quentin Tarantino’s films. A big part of why moviegoers responded to Django so strongly, I think, is that it’s the first time Tarantino opts for more traditional Hero’s Journey storytelling elements. Django Unchained is an homage, Read More …
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To say Quentin Tarantino is a controversial filmmaker would be an understatement. To some, he is the end-all, be-all of modern cinematic achievement, a shining prism through which the sum total of film history bends and refracts. To others, he is a problematic, culturally insensitive Read More …