Django Unchained, is a beautiful, grotesque film that takes a topic as serious as slavery and contrasts it against the cockiness of the characters. Quentin Tarntino, the director of this film, has a unique way of blending the very real pain of slavery and the very profitable side of it. Tarantino work alongside production designer, J. Michael Riva, to produce breathe taking scene that are, no only, authentic to the time frame of the film, but also add dimension to the characters. Together they use
fragments of different movies and cultures; And thus provide audience with exposure to past genres and texts in a modernized format. If it is true that everything is a remix, what is the contribution of remix culture to our film industry? In this essay, I will use Quentin Tarantino as an example to analyze the influence of the borrowing culture in films and how recombining has become a signature style of emerging filmmakers. Tarantino’s ability of borrowing narrative arcs, characterizations, and