SPOILER ALERT: This tutorial contains spoilers for the movie Django Unchained
One of the most shocking moments in Quentin Tarantino’s film Django Unchained is the death of Dr. King Schultz, played by Christoph Waltz. Dr. Schultz is a former dentist turned bounty hunter who is initially introduced as a kind and intelligent man with a strong moral compass. However, his death comes as a sudden and unexpected twist in the story. But why exactly does Dr. Schultz die?
Dr. Schultz’s death can be attributed to a combination of factors, including his own moral code and the escalating violence of the world around him. Throughout the film, Dr. Schultz is portrayed as a principled man who is opposed to slavery and the cruelty and injustice that it represents. He is also shown to be a skilled and resourceful bounty hunter, always seeking to uphold justice and do what is right.
However, as the film progresses, Dr. Schultz becomes increasingly conflicted about his actions and the violence that he is required to carry out in order to achieve his goals. This internal struggle ultimately leads to his downfall.
One of the key moments that sets Dr. Schultz on a path towards his death is when he shoots Calvin Candie, the ruthless owner of the Candyland plantation, during a tense confrontation. Dr. Schultz’s actions are driven by a combination of anger and a desire to protect Django, his friend and partner. However, this act of violence has serious consequences, as it leads to a shootout that results in Dr. Schultz being killed by Candie’s men.
In addition to his own actions, Dr. Schultz’s death can also be seen as a result of the brutal and unforgiving world in which he operates. In the world of Django Unchained, violence and death are ever-present realities, and even the most principled and honorable characters are not immune to the cruel twists of fate.
Overall, Dr. Schultz’s death in Django Unchained serves as a powerful reminder of the fragility of life and the moral complexities of living in a world where justice is not always easily achieved. It also underscores the film’s broader themes of racism, violence, and the struggle for freedom and justice.
In conclusion, Dr. Schultz dies in Django Unchained due to a combination of his own moral conflict and the violent nature of the world in which he operates. His death serves as a poignant and tragic moment in the film, highlighting the harsh realities of life in the antebellum South and the moral dilemmas that characters must navigate in order to survive.
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There’s no way these are your genuine thoughts on his character and this isn’t just a rage bait to get more comments and a better YouTube video. Say what you really think you don’t need a hot take.
Over analyzing this at its finest…lets not forget it is a movie and it had to have a dramatic ending instead of them just shaking hands and walking out the door. But i guess to justify Shultz"s actions (which is hard to do because it was basically suicide) he had already lost $12000 which was a years profit. He had NO intentions of spending that type of money which probably left him rock bottom. So that…and with the torture of seeing a man ripped to shreads was too much..and the cherry on the sundae is to shake hands afterwards proved to be too much.
because he suffered a gunshot wound to the heart
Candy represented everything Schultz hated, and he got the better of him. I understand why he couldn't resist
Schultz’s death is nothing more than Contrived writing.
His actions had a very high likelihood of causing the death of Django and Hildi. At best they both end up in slavery again, which almost happened.
King had and ego and he is morally ambiguous at times. But, after all the selfless “fathering” of Django, saying he was responsible for him because he gave him his freedom. Plus, the extreme lengths he went to in the plan to save Hildi and the significance this has for a German. Moreover, he dropped $12k without hesitation to save her, and themselves. It was a disgraceful end to his character. That doesn’t make any sense. It would have been better if candy one him over and he turns on Django, I’m not saying better that would suck too, but less bad than what actually happened.
But it still gets worse. The hidden sleeve derringer king shoots candy with was all ready established to have two shots in the movie, but he just takes the shotgun blast leaving Django to be hopelessly out numbered.
Then Django, who’s shown to have quick fucking hands, just lets the henchmen unload on king.
The movie needed Django to be the hero so is CONTRIVED a way to get king out of the way for the true Star to shine. And this scene is terrible, I don’t mind the rest but this scene pisses me off every time I watch it. And I saw this movie in theatres at 15. It’s so F*cking stupid it’s unbelievable. Quinton is a great writer and but he really wrote himself into a corner. And given he hasn’t addressed it publicly, he knows what he did.
this whole video is just overthinking. shultz killed candy bc it was so easy and such a good win for him and i dont think shultz was just "using django" he's just in awe of his situation and has such an eye for showmanship he wants to see the ultimate hero win (german fairytale with broomhilda)
Thanks for the effort man bit this ain‘t it.
It's impressive how badly you misunderstood the movie
I think one of the reasons i like the writeing for Shultz character is explicitly because how human hes portrayed, people are contradictive, people dont always hold ideas that seem compatible, people might spontaneously do something totally aganst their charicter for no reason other than it felt right at that moment.
Haveing him written inconsistantly makes him more realistic as a character
Watch it a 7th time, being given 1/3 of the bounty collections, when you don't have to take any of the risk to get he info, plan, get resources, have no connections to find people or use their resources, being given not only knowledge, but power over how to use it is not enslaving him again…but a lot of people who don't create or lead their own trade don't understand that.
He killed him because he is a dentist and he is a candyman
Implying that Shultz doesn't care for Django is wild. He literally risks his life to go save Brumhilde. He also tries to save D'Artagnan before Django stops him and is plagued with visions of his death immediately before he kills Candy. Shultz isn't a perfect person, but he clearly detests cruelty and values the lives of innocent people.
I love some takes on the idea:
>the doctor shoot him because he is tired of all the shit of Calvin (thinking about the dogs since the begin of the scene), also because Calvin is also mad with the doctor being more smart than him
>Dentist versus Candy
>He gets the "i couldnt resist" and never tries to shot any goon because he break the rule of "old stories" when the guy gives you shelter is like sacred following you know all this norse/german stories like Brunhildr (in fact the doctor with that bear is kinda Odin type of wizard god lmaooo you get the idea)
>Other guy say is because Tarantino wanted a third act about gore kills "sorry i couldnt resist"
Points i wanna say because we talk about a Quentin Tarantino Movie here, a Movie by a Man that is keen for details:
1: Schulz doesn't enslave Django, he is just playing with the thought of enslaving him in a debtful way, to ''use'' him to find the Brittle Brothers (Schulz hates Slavery, Django was free from the start) which he has problems to find, he's exploiting Django in a way
2: Schulz keeping 2/3 of the Bounties has it's reasons: we are set in the South of America, many stores doesn't allow black people to even enter their property -> he pays for almost everything for Django i assume -> Clothes, Food, Weapons and Ammo etc.
3: And then the Killing of Candie,
you need to see the Picture of the WHOLE Candyland Chapter to understand why Schulz killed Candy during the ''Contract signing scene'',
– after they went to Greenville, Django developed a bit of an negative attitude because Broomhilda is getting nearer and nearer, he's getting careless -> he gets cocky alot that goes on Schulz's nerves (the scene when he scolds Django for antagonizing Candie and the Slaves too much shows it)
– Schulz scheme of being the ''Mandingo Fighter'' interested SLAVER goes hard against his nature but its the only way to even get INTO Candyland get's on his nerves,
– the constant triggerhappy Guards/Bodyguard with the Sawn-off Shotgun, Candies Lawyer Mr. Moguy and his bootlicking attitude for Candie, Steven's hardcore racism and Candies sister as the brainless Yes-Woman she is are going on his nerves,
– seeing the slaves beating eachother to death in the Parlor for entertainment and especially seeing D'Artagnan being ripped apart by Candie's Dogs went HARD on his nerves,
– and first and foremost: Candie as a Person!
-> has a french-kink -> doesn't know a word in french, doesn't know ANYTHING about french culture in general
-> Slaver, Rassist, sees black people as way lesser and inferior ''Creatures'' (letting D'Artagnan be killed by Dogs, Mandingo Fighting in general, constant use of the N-Word, Black Folks are ''Goods'' not Humans, the Skull scene with the ''Three Dimples Theory''),
-> the constant threats by Candie, first through a mean undertone during fights, later being held at Gunpoint and being forced to a really bad deal for Broomhilda,
-> Candie as the hardcore know-it-all that he is but he is actually an unedjucated idiot
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all of that accumulates until the White-Cake scene in the Library:
the constant repeat of the same tune of the harp that is played, the constant mocking by Candie, the Laughter of Steven and Candies Goons, the praising of Candie by Mr. Moguy,
it leads to Schulz becoming careless himself when he started to begin his ''mocking'' of Candie with his ''Normally i would say ''Auf Wiedersehen'''' speech and before that the mocking of Candie's missing knowledge about the Author of the ''Three Musketeers'' Alexandre Dumas (who's Characters Name ''D'Artagnan'' Candie uses for his price fighting slave) being black by pointing out ''What Dumas would make of all this'' hit against candie,
the ''insisting on the Handshake'' and threataning of Django and Broomhilda by Candie was the icing ontop that ultimately sealed Schulz's unfortunate fate BUT every man has his limits, even a professional like King Schulz
He died because he was shot. It was quite clear 🤨
I understand where your coming from, but at the same time i feel if even shultz did accept the handshake, theres really nothing stopping candy from killing him, taking his money and enslaving django and his wife. He would had no repercussions if he really screwed them all over for murdering Schultz.
Candy was pissed he was getting screwed over and ready to kill djangos wife over this deal and you see candy is very self centered and wanna be the smart man in the room. Bested by a dentist and a slave….nah he really could have done an evil power move by accepting the hand shake, getting him to his level, having his morals rejected and killing shultz, enslaved the two and end the story there.
A lot of people could understand this if you simply replaced Shultz with yourself and Candie with Stalin. I know I wouldn't be able to resist.
If his intentions and heart were truly in support of Django and his wife he would’ve turned a blind eye to candy and gritted his teeth until they made it out. By being rash he almost got all 3 of them killed.
Bruh you're reaching .