Django Unchained Movie References guide
From The Quentin Tarantino Archives
Contents:
- back to Django Unchained
We are working on a list of movie references. Stay tuned.
- Recommended reading: The Django Unchained primer @ Furiouscinema.com
Disclaimer: Movies listed here are a mix of movies that might possibly have influenced Tarantino in making this movie (so those are guesses) and movies that are directly or indirectly referenced to or more or less openly paid hommage to by Tarantino (such as "Django" oviously).
Mandingo
Django
This is of course the seminal movie by Corbucci which in parts inspired Tarantino.
Shango
Jamie Foxx' character is pronounce with a silent D, so it sounds a bit more like this spaghetti western
Minnesota Clay
- Article page at the SWDB
- This is a spaghetti western, one of Corbucci's early works, and also the title of a saloon in Django Unchained.
Charley One-Eye
- Info page at GCDB
- Referenced by the characters in the film and a definition is given as to what the term actually means.
The Hot Box
- Article page at GCDB
- A punishment cell for slaves used in the film.