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Review: 'Django Unchained' Quentin Tarantino's greatest exploration of human evil

"Django Unchained" is Quentin Tarantino's greatest exploration of the human condition, from its idea of what is right to its heinous moments of evil. Continuing with the theme of revenge explored in "Inglorious Basterds," Tarantino blends the Spaghetti western genre with 70s Blaxploitation, creating an insane concoction of vengeance and thoughtfulness, tossing between the disgustingly funny and the most primal notion of violence. "Django" is a shocking and bold film with a huge heart and soul.Unlike his other films, "Django" is linear and follows a single storyline, which makes this movie, more than his others, a completely satisfying experience. Tarantino lets us live with characters for the entirety of the movie (which is a long 165 minutes) rather than bouncing between different vignettes. Christoph Waltz is Dr. King Schultz, a doctor-turned bounty hunter, who purchases Django from slave traders with the intent on finding a pair of wanted slavers. Only Django knows what they look li...

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