"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of vengeance."
Django Unchained - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Cameo by the original Django, Franco Nero.
In a direct homage to the film's primary inspiration, Franco Nero, who played the titular character in the 1966 Spaghetti Western "Django," appears in a scene at the Cleopatra Club bar. He asks Jamie Foxx's Django to spell his name, leading to the iconic exchange where Nero's character says "I know" after being told the 'D' is silent.
Quentin Tarantino's Cameo
The director makes a brief appearance as an employee of the LeQuint Dickey Mining Company, one of the Australians tasked with transporting Django to a mine. His character is promptly killed when Django turns the tables on his captors.
The 'Trunk Shot'
Tarantino includes his signature "trunk shot," a low-angle shot from the perspective of a car trunk, in nearly all his films. Since "Django Unchained" is set before the invention of cars, he creatively adapts it. The shot is used from the low-angle perspective of a slave in a pit looking up at Calvin Candie.
Broomhilda von Shaft
Broomhilda's last name is revealed to be "von Shaft." This is a direct reference and implies she is an ancestor to John Shaft, the iconic hero of the 1971 Blaxploitation film "Shaft" and its sequels. This connects "Django Unchained" to a larger cinematic universe of Black heroism.