Is Tarantino Going to Infuse ‘DJANGO’ With Contemporary Music?

I’m clearly in the minority when it comes to the great director’s most recent film Inglourious Basterds.  There have been many nights (usually involving beer) where my colleague Andy and I have delightfully debated the pros and cons of Tarantino‘s WWII opus.  I regularly argue for the fact that the film was ruined by the use of such things as the “Hugo Stiglitz” Montage, the Samuel L. Jackson narrated celluloid fact speech, the arrows and names pointing to people in the finale, and the most unbearable for me, the completely out of left field use of David Bowie’s song from Cat People (“Putting Out The Fire”) towards the climax of the film.  These are just a handful of numerous wrong moments for me in what could have been a great film.  Now, it seems that the director might take up the idea of incorporating a song not from the film’s time period once again in Django Unchained.  Not much has been reported about the film as of yet, but the LA Times was able to visit one of the sets and noticed something quite interesting during one of the scenes being filmed.  I will let them explain.

On a cold, wet afternoon two cowboys trudge across a muddy street in a western town carrying saddles on their backs as a loud speaker blasts Jim Croce’s hit song “I got a Name.” The scene was being played out at the historic Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita , where director Quentin Tarantino was filming his upcoming western “Django Unchained,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Foxx.

Like I have previously stated, I’m obviously in the minority concerning Tarantino’s approach to filmmaking at times.  For me, if you are going to take the time to make an authentic period piece that you want to be taken seriously, why would you want to take your audience out of the film by using a song (or anything else for that matter) that clearly doesn’t fit in the time period?  Would you throw in a 1970’s Corvette in a film that takes place prior to the Civil War? What are your thoughts on the subject?

We will have to see if the 1973 Jim Croce classic song ends up being used in the film when Django Unchained gets released late this year.  I have attached the song in question below as well as a photo from the set from the LA Times.

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Source: LA Times , MTV