Django Unchained

Django Unchained Quotes and Analysis

"Kill white people and get paid for it? What's not to like?"

Django

Django tells this to Schultz after Schultz asks him how he likes bounty hunting so far. Django's statement reflects the satisfaction he feels in being able to take revenge against the white ruling class that has caused such tremendous suffering to him, his wife, and the African race.

I like the way you die boy.

Django

Django tells this to Roger Brittle before killing him. The line echoes what Roger previously said to Django, "I like the way you beg boy," before whipping Broomhilda in front of him at the Carrucan plantation. The line captures the fact that Django is able to take revenge, having the upper hand over the Brittle brothers.

Dr. King Schultz: [aiming .45-70 rifle at fleeing Ellis Brittle] You sure that's him?

Schultz: Positive?

Django: I don't know.

Schultz: You don't know if you're positive?

Django: I don't know what 'positive' means.

Schultz: It means you're sure.

Django: Yes.

Schultz: Yes, what?

Django: Yes, I'm sure that's Ellis Brittle.

[Schultz shoots Brittle off his horse]

Django: I'm positive he dead.

Django; Schultz

This humorous exchange reflects the fact that Django has not been entitled to a formal education the way the white men around him have, leading to occasional misunderstandings between him and Schultz. Once Schultz realizes that Django can "positively" identify Brittle, he immediately kills him.

Hey! You lay your palms flat on that tabletop! If you lift those palms off of that turtleshell tabletop, Mr. Pooch is gonna let loose through both ends of that sawed-off! There have been a lot of lies said around this dinner table here tonight, but that you can believe!

Calvin Candie

Calvin recites these lines in a fit of rage after realizing that Schultz and Django have been scheming against him the entire time they have been at Candyland. By ordering the men to be held at gunpoint, he effectively regains control of the business deal that the men have been trying to orchestrate.

You silver tongued devil, you.

Schultz

Schultz says this to Django after his appearance and greeting—"Hey, little trouble maker"—cause Broomhilda to faint. The line is ironic, given that Broomhilda likely faints from extreme surprise at Django's presence, rather than any words he decided to speak.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Schultz; Django

Schultz says this to Bennett before killing him, and notably refuses to say it to Calvin Candie, given that it means "Til we meet again." When Django returns to Candyland to rescue Broomhilda after Schultz is killed, he tells Schultz's corpse, "Auf Wiedersehen," as well.

I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.

Schultz

These are Schultz's last words, after killing Calvin Candie, just before being shot by Leonide Moguy. The lines convey the fact that Schultz has developed from a morally neutral observer of slavery to an ardent opponent of it, inflamed further by his personal dislike of Candie.

I'm gonna go walkin' in the moonlight with you.

Billy Crash

Billy says this to Django on his first day in Candyland as a way of taunting him. Although Candie forces his men to behave respectfully toward Django, as his status as a freeman demands, the racist Billy takes a sadistic pleasure in treating black slaves in an inferior manner, culminating with his attempt to castrate Django.

I'm a little more used to Americans than he is.

Django

Django tells this to Calvin Candie after Candie remarks that Schultz looks "green around the gills" while watching the slave D'Artagnan get torn apart by dogs. Django's coldness at watching a fellow black man murdered impresses Candie, and he sardonically critiques the behavior of white Americans in the antebellum South.

I watched my wife work all day gettin' thirty bags ready for you ungrateful sonsabitches! And all I hear is criticize, criticize, criticize!

Willard

Willard, a member of Bennett's racist mob, complains that the other men are unfairly complaining about the bags his wife made to conceal their faces. The line comically contrasts with the ghoulish mission of the mob, which is to assassinate African Americans, and reveals the men to be whiny amateurs, rather than cold-blooded killers.

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