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So it is ok to put rap music in Django Unchained

posted 12 years ago by eloiseshf
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just because it's Tarantino, but it is a crime to put post punk/ new wave music in Marie Antoinette because it is historically inaccurate and/or you don't like it? Coppola's film is hardly a historical film any more than Tarantino's and it is no more about the nature of monarchy than Django Unchained is about the nature of slavery. They both use deliberately anachronistic historical settings as a backdrop for the directors' trademark concerns and pop culture homages.

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[–] tatelangdon 12 years ago

People just don't understand this film or Coppola's vision. If she wanted to make the film historically accurate, she would have. But that wasn't what she was trying to do. She wanted the film to reflect the fact that Marie Antoinette was really just a young girl when she married and Coppola wanted to make the film appeal to a younger audience as well. It's a great film and its very unique, people just don't get it. The music added a lot and the music in Django (as in all Tarantino films) was great as well.

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[–] mollys-lips 12 years ago

In this movie, as with Knight's Tale,the director chooses to insert popular music to make the characters seem more accessible.People tend to think of strict period pieces as stuffy and so it is easy to completely forget that we are talking about a teenage girl with all of the impulses and silliness that goes along with that, being thrust upon the throne of France long before she was ready and then being, literally, torn apart because of it.

[–] franzkabuki 10 years ago

"The director chooses to insert popular music to make the characters seem more accessible".

If that were the reason... it'd be a bloody stupid reason. But I actually found the soundtrack choices kinda interesting & OK. As for Coppola's "vision"... I don't think the broad had one; the film ain't much about anything, really. Just a pleasent looking tapestry passing by the eye. Kinda entertaining I guess, in its fluffy way.

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[–] gljbradley 12 years ago

I agree 100%. The music doesn't bother me one bit and I also think it's a nice touch despite the different eras.

[–] epoore81 11 years ago

Ford-Coppola's choice to use post punk music complemented the melancholic aesthetic of the Rococo period *perfectly* in my opinion.

[–] PurpleLemonadeDinosaur 12 years ago

Well, the music in Django actually fit unlike the indie-punk music representing an eighteenth century time period. The music in Django was more western-influenced while this movie had music that did not represent the background and the story behind it. Whatever Coppola's vision was, I think she could have been more subtle with the music. The music in this one was just too distracting for me. I would have liked the film better if the opening credits wasn't so gaudy.

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[–] eloiseshf 12 years ago

Trust me, the music in MA does fit the film if you keep in mind that Coppola drew heavily on the deliberately kitsch 18th century imagery used by New Romantic bands like Adam and the Ants. Have a look at the Ants' videos for Stand and Deliver and Prince Charming and you'll see what I mean. QT just used music that was more widely known and recognisable, while Coppola's pop references may be lost on most of the audience, except maybe in the UK, where Adam Ant was huge in the early 80's.

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[–] thepartydjz 11 years ago

Early 80's soundtrack to reflect MA's adolescent behavior, or to reflect Sophia's taste in music?

In 40 years the soundtrack will make no sense to anyone.

[–] eloiseshf 11 years ago

"In 40 years the soundtrack will make no sense to anyone."

The success of post-punk revivalists like the Editors seems to prove that that kind of music is not as short-lived as you think it is, at least in Europe, and it is hard to tell if the soundtrack to Django Unchained will fare any better in 40 years' time. There are already people who only like it because "it's Quentin", not because it makes sense to them. QT is doing exactly what Coppola was doing, a deliberate anachronism meant to show that the film only looks like a period picture, while paying homage to the director's taste in music.

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