'Django Unchained': Tarantino, DiCaprio, Foxx Answer Critics

if you listen carefully that little sound you hear is Oscar buzz getting louder and louder we'll have to wait until Thursday for the official announcement but it seems like one of the movies topping just about everybody's list is Django Unchained i sat down with director Quentin Tarantino and two of his stars to get the inside scoop on the film that has everybody talking it's a Nightline interview it's hard to imagine Jamie Foxx is a slave or Leonardo DiCaprio is a despicable slave owner I'm curious I'm curious what makes you so curious and yet here they are facing off in one of the most daring movies of the year Django Unchained what's your name Django Dee's son the latest we look provocative writer director Quentin Tarantino the new film defies classification a revenge fantasy I like the way you die boy a romance a Western and it has everyone talking one critic said recently there is something for everyone to hate in this film there's something for to make everybody mad yeah I don't think did you do a film like this with Quentin Tarantino and not expect that I think that's what you sign up for Fox plays a freed slave who goes on a blood-soaked mission to rescue his wife they bike Harry Washington you scared Fox says he quickly discovered he'd have to park all his success at the door Quentin he looked at me and he says she's gotta be a slave I don't know what is that about and as I looked at my Louis bag and I looked at my Range Rover key and he says if you don't leave that outside we're never gonna be able to tell a story which was tough for me because I worked all my life to get to where I am as Jamie Foxx and now he says you're not there if you do it the right way it'll be an iconic film it certainly is a controversial one among the film's many provocations what's your name war its liberal some might say promiscuous use of the n-word I don't think anybody is actually going out there saying that we use the word more excessively than it was used in 1850 eight in Mississippi and if that's not the case then they can shut up it's my job to tell the truth DiCaprio takes a chance in this one to playing Kelvin candy this was one of the most narcissistic self-indulgent racist most despicable characters I've ever read in my entire life I can choose to do with my property whatever I so desire not only is the character he plays vile taking this part was a big deal for an actor of his caliber the first time he hasn't been the leading man since his colossal success in Titanic 16 years ago your evil is new for him the first day on set was incredibly difficult for me when Dan was there but I was but I had to tell him because I watched it I watched yeah and he goes he's saying all right he was buddy mmm cow hoof and I said what dude he said it's tough I said you know what you're human it's supposed to be tough Samuel Jackson quickly said hey MF get over there it's just another Tuesday for us and let's get going of course it's not just the language that's loaded but the topic itself slavery including a particularly painful scene where Kerry Washington is whipped a scene the filmmakers won't let us show you everybody people on the trucks people in catering in it just us - Quentin had a great thing that he would do on his sets he would play music in between scenes this particular day I asked for a certain piece of music is Fred Hammond no weapons so as carries you know being strapped up we played that song and the song was no weapons formed against me shall prosper I looked over and saw a girl who had never been on a separate film and she was one of the extras in her hands yes I tested and she started testifying and as everybody had tears nods you felt the ancestors you felt the significance of why we're doing this film and showing it this way for all the dark moments the film is also unexpectedly funny anyone bring any extra bags no nobody brought an extra bag and that humor has raised hackles to Fox himself got stung at the thorny intersection of comedy and rays when he hosted Saturday Night Live last month and I kill all the white people in the movie how great is that the blogosphere lit up with complaints of reverse racism Fox wants to clear the air I've never in my life felt like because of what I went through and being called as a kid that I wanted to go out and kill all the white people I've never felt that and I can't find any black people that actually feel that way the only thing I wanted to be able to do was live my life being loved with who I want to be in love with have my life spit freely without someone judging me because the color of our skin and that of course is all Django wants to but getting there is a brutal and bloody affair so DiCaprio some real blood was spilled he broke a glass in this scene but kept on acting you care to join me in the parlor we will be serving white cake that's the fun part is watching their reaction honestly his Booma happened and then I opened my hand and blood starts pouring everywhere and I saw Jamie go yes and Quinton Quinton like hats and lettuce but only a drop in the bucket for the reigning king of carnage Tarantino who started 20 years ago with the extremely violent Reservoir Dogs not surprisingly Django was drawing fire for its use of violence in Shakespeare's time he was blamed all the time for the anarchy in the streets so you don't see any connection at all no idle culture I don't have any responsibility of what a whacked-out crazy person might do but for all the controversy surrounding Django the laundry list of its possible offenses and insensitivities Fox has a suggestion what I tell people is this before you form an opinion I've seen people come out of the movie going in to hate it I'm going in to say I don't like Quentin and on and Jenny Fox teeth and all this other kind of whatever it is Leo look too good and I don't like none of these I'm not gonna I've seen people come out of the movie Wow I take it all back they have me laughing they had me rooting and cheering because you're not rooting for the black guy to kill the white people you're rooting for the guy who just wants to be in love with woman

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Length: 7min 9sec (429 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 09 2013