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All living beings are equal
Keshaun 2022-04-20 09:01:11
The same as "Twelve Years a Slave", Quentin's "Django" is very dramatic, with blood and justice flying together, making the audience always excited and climax. And this film is the bloody reality that flows through the cruel life. The camera is unusually calm and restrained, recording a chilling and unspeakable history of shame in human history with an almost god-like perspective and rhythm. The last thing I want to say is that not only blacks and whites are equal, but all living beings in the world are equal. No individual or group can regard living individuals or groups as their own private property or because they are not protected by law. Wanton poisoning and cruelty!
Extended Reading
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Clemens: If you want to survive, do and say as little as possible. Tell no one who you really are and tell no one that you can read and write. Unless you want to be a dead nigger.
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Robert: I say we fight.
Solomon Northup: The crew is fairly small. If it were well planned, I believe they could be strong armed.
Clemens: Three can't stand against a whole crew. The rest here are niggers, born and bred slaves. Niggers ain't got the stomach for a fight, not a damn one.
Robert: All I know, we get where we travelling we'll wish we'd died trying.
Clemens: Survival is not about certain death, it is about keeping your head down.
Solomon Northup: Days ago I was with my family, in my home. Now you tell me all is lost. "Tell no one who I really am" if I want to survive. I don't want to survive, I want to live.