Quentin Tarantino Reveals 'Django Unchained' Synopsis 5:52 PM PDT 4/13/2012 by Todd Gilchrist Sony Pictures and the Weinstein Company released a synopsis Friday for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. The follow-up to Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, the film tells the story of a slave in the antebellum South who agrees to help a bounty hunter track down a violent pair of fugitives in exchange for help in finding his long-lost wife. VIDEO: Scream Awards 2011 Red Carpet Interviews According to the press release, the plot is as follows: Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. Written and directed by Tarantino, Django Unchained will be released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and internationally by Sony Pictures.
Death and the Modern Western in 'True Grit' and 'Django Unchained' by Tyler Wantuch February 18, 2013 In 1994, Quentin Tarantino stormed into the mainstream with the dark, twisted world of Pulp Fiction. Two years later, another powerful and independent-minded duo of directors gripped audiences with their own dark comedy set in the far north, Fargo. Both films rehash the "realities" of the old west while once again pushing the envelope on story and genre. Instead, in this modern re-telling, the dead stay dead. Quentin Tarantino's slave revenge film, Django Unchained, mirrors this sentiment but, in typical Tarantino style, he mixes two mindsets on death and pushes the boundaries of the genre. Underneath the sunset rides and other traditional western sequences, Tarantino hides a much darker, more Coen-like disrespectful world of death. The correlations don't end there. Both stories would sputter out without their acts of compassion. The subjects of the bounty hunters' compassion are similar as well. Their motives are rooted in their own love for cinema.
Saddle up and head for the cinema: the western is back in town | Film For a good few years all was quiet on the archetypal main street in Hollywood’s wild west. The only sound was the swinging of the rusty sign above the saloon doors, rocked by the same dry wind that pushed the tumbleweed through the dust. Now all that is to change, with a series of top-heavy stage coaches full of newcomers blowing into town. After the galloping success of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained in 2012, an alarming posse of new westerns, including Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight and The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, are suddenly giving real credence to the idea that one of the earliest and most influential of film genres is enjoying a major revival. For Steve Thompson, who has written Jericho, ITV’s bold north country answer to the western, there are good reasons why the American originals will always have a different dynamic to similar stories set elsewhere, despite the fact Jericho was inspired by the 1953 classic, Shane.
Why Hollywood Will Never Give Up on the Western The Western should have died years ago. A vestige of an era before we had 50 states, it is a genre of stories about impolitic men in the age of the politically correct, about riding horses in a car culture and about traversing unsettled land that has long since urbanized. A quintessentially American genre, the Western’s commercial appeal should be limited now that other countries dominate the movie business. So why did Media Rights Capital, Scott Stuber and Seth MacFarlane — the same savvy trio that made “Ted” — make a Western? Because the genre is riding high commercially and artistically. Also read: ‘A Million Ways to Die in the West’ Review: Vulgarity Heads Off Absurdism at the Pass Universal and Media Rights Capital the “Family Guy” creator the keys to the kingdom after his success in directing “Ted,” the second highest-grossing R-rated comedy in movie history. MacFarlane’s hankering for a Western comedy reflects the genre’s lasting cultural resonance.
Le western est-il un genre dépassé ? Le grand critique André Bazin a dit, du temps de l'âge d'or d'Hollywood : "Le western est le genre américain par excellence." Des trains, le désert, chapeaux à larges bords, fusils et regards glaçants, avec The Salvation, le western fait son retour au cinéma mercredi. Dans cette histoire, imaginée par le Danois Kristian Levring, à qui l'on doit Le roi est vivant, sorti en 2010, Mads Mikkelsen part en guerre contre les assassins de sa famille, dans l'ouest américain de 1871. Après True Grit, des frères Coen, Django Unchained, et le très attendu The Hateful Eight, de Quentin Tarantino, le western ne serait-il finalement pas un genre dépassé ? Qu'est-ce qui caractérise un western ? Le genre a beaucoup évolué… "En 1912, les Majors créent Hollywood, et le western passe d'un tournage en studio, à Fort Lee aux Etats-Unis, à un tournage en pleine nature", raconte Daniel Chocron. …jusqu'à quasiment disparaître. Et le western contemporain alors ? Il reste du western, l'histoire de la vengeance.
Wild West Online Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer: Rockstar teases story, characters and release date in new look Rockstar Games has released the second trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, which gives us a better look at the game's narrative. It's "the story of outlaw Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they rob, fight and steal their way across the vast and rugged heart of America in order to survive," according to the developer, which is still promising the sequel will come to Playstation 4 and Xbox One in its delayed spring 2018 release slot. There's a lot to take in with the trailer, which is pretty atmospheric: all light shining through misty woodland and men carrying lanterns through murky bayous. We also get a glimpse of train heists, a snowy location, saloon fights and alligator attacks. The original game's protagonist, John Marston, doesn't feature in the trailer, but RDR2 looks to be set around the same time. Set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective, the game is expected to feature both single-player and online multiplayer components. Reuse content
Darrell Winfield, the real Marlboro Man, dies - CNN Best known as the rugged cowboy who starred in the Marlboro Man cigarette advertisements, Darrell Winfield died Monday at home in Wyoming at age 85. His cause of death was not listed in his obituary on a Fremont County, Wyoming, news website. Often called the most successful tobacco advertising campaign ever, the Marlboro Man appealed to American men because of his masculinity, individuality and freedom. Though some of the Marlboro Men in the famous cigarette advertisements launched in the 1950s were actors, Winfield was the real thing. Winfield was working at a Wyoming ranch in 1968 when Leo Burnett/Philip Morris Advertising came looking for real cowboys to feature in the campaign, according to his local obituary. He often wore his own clothes and provided many of the animals in the photo shoots. "His family said he loved horses, rodeo, especially team roping, ranching, and the cowboy way of life," according to his obituary.
Les Westerns : l'art et la légende Un homme, un cheval, et toute l'immensité de Monument Valley, c'est l'image de Western d'une Amérique qui se reconnaît encore dans les mythes de la conquête de l'Ouest. "Le western est le cinéma américain par excellence", écrivit justement le critique et théoricien André Bazin. L'espace entre la côte ouest et les montagnes Rocheuses va constituer la zone privilégiée de la conquête de l'Ouest et du western, au rythme des convois de diligences et des chemins de fer. Les trappeurs déjà présents sur place servent d'intermédiaire avec les Indiens en entretenant le commerce des fourrures. L'histoire du western se confond le plus souvent avec l'histoire des pionniers de l'Amérique. Souvenirs de la Conquête La nature même du Western est animée par l'esprit de conquête, mais il arrive parfois qu'il dépasse les limites des États-Unis pour se dérouler au Canada ou au Mexique. La mythologie En fait le cinéma a restitué l'Ouest traditionnel, et non pas l'Ouest véritable. Origine des Westerns Naissance
Here’s What 8 Wild West Towns Looked Like Then and Now You ride into town, sliding down off your horse, dust rising from your footfalls, spurs jingling at your heels. The trigger finger is itchy for the revolver at your side. Somewhere glass breaks and a woman laughs. A lawman eyes you warily as he crosses the street. You’ve heard there’s gold in them hills and you’re aiming to make some of it yours. You’re in the Old West. Sometimes a name is all it takes to evoke the image and feel of a place. Read on to find out. 8. There may be no name more evocative of the Wild West than Deadwood. What is was like back then: People got gunned down over hands of poker (aces and eights, the dead man’s hand is from here). What it’s like now: Watch daily shootouts on Main Street or re-enactments of Wild Bill Hickok’s slaying. READ MORE: 11 Places in the US Where Cowboy Culture Is Alive and Well 7. Cripple Creek was the home to the last great Colorado gold rush and one of the largest gold strikes in history. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. San Francisco.
When Setting Meets Genre: What makes a Western a Western? - The Spread Edward Wragg breaks down the many faces of the Western genre and how they’ve revealed themselves to audiences over the decades. Clint Eastwood’s eyes, Steve McQueen’s draw and Charles Bronson’s entrancing harmonica. It’s fair to say that Westerns certainly cast a nostalgic shadow over our cinematic landscape. A land where dialogue can consist of a chew of a toothpick and anti-heroes are the rule as opposed to the exception. On the face of it, it seems relativity simple. The same can be said for the Coen Brother’s True Grit and Alejandro G. Maybe it’s something about the time and location that make it especially iconic. So can we accurately describe a film by just saying Western? Conclusion? Edward Wragg E.
The genres Hollywood left behind Hollywood, the world's entertainment factory, has, for the past one hundred years, been producing films that have been enjoyed by audiences around the world. And in that time, a lot has changed, society, technology, fashions, tastes, and lifestyles, all of which Hollywood has continued to accommodate. It's come a long way from its humble beginnings in the days of melodramatic, black and white, silent films with somewhat crude production methods. Hollywood has evolved into something more sophisticated and streamlined. Musical The musical is arguably the most uplifting and escapist genre to come out of the film factory. The genre emerged in 1928, after the introduction of sound in cinema, during which vast numbers of musicals were produced almost overnight to capitalise on the new found technology. The musical was a genre popular during times of trouble. But has the musical genre fallen behind? Film Noir In 1940, an entirely new approach to filmmaking hit the cinema screens. Expressionism
La ville de l’ouest, un topos du western - Cinéma urbain, ville cinématographique - Mag Film - Centre National de Documentation Pédagogique La ville de l’ouest, un topos du western L’étape obligée de tout cow-boy On pourrait penser que le western est un genre foncièrement anti-urbain qui ne s’intéresse qu’aux grandes plaines, aux chaînes de montagnes accidentées et aux déserts de l’Ouest sauvage. Et pourtant, le western, en tant qu’il est le récit de la naissance d’une nation et de l’édification de la civilisation moderne gagnée sur ce que l’Américain nomme « the wild » se confronte nécessairement à la ville. La ville de l’Ouest a même ses poncifs, ses « lieux-dits » et le cow-boy qui y arrive effectue toujours plus ou moins le même trajet : il commence par déposer son cheval à l’écurie avant de chercher un endroit pour se laver et se reposer (l’hôtel), se nourrir (le restaurant) et se distraire (le saloon). Aussi la structure de la ville dans les westerns se réduit-elle schématiquement à une rue. Machine dans Dead Man : la ville parodiée