Django

SERGIO CORBUCCI'S (1926-1990) IMMORTAL CLASSIC - NOW RESTORED FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE!

Franco Nero stars as the lone stranger who roams the West dragging a coffin filled with chaos towards a destiny ruled by vengeance. Co-writer/director Sergio Corbucci (THE GREAT SILENCE, COMPANEROS) packs his landmark classic with indelible images, unforgettable performances and some of the most shocking brutality of an 'Spaghetti Western' ever made. This is the still-controversial epic that defined a genre, launched a phenomenon and inspired over 50 unofficial sequels. This is the one and only DJANGO!

This definitive edition of DJANGO has been re-mastered from the original camera negative, recently discovered in a Rome vault untouched for over three decades. Also included for the first time is the optional Italian audio track featuring Franco Nero's own voice. Following two years of extensive restoration, Blue Underground is now proud to present the most stunning and complete version of DJANGO you will ever see.


A true spaghetti western. Or perhaps its a paella western, as it was shot in Spain in 1966. My roommate and I watched this tonight over beers and had some fun with it. Me first. ok This dude rolls into town dragging a coffin. GREAT start to any movie, right? On the way he witnesses a woman being horsewhipped. The banditos are quickly slain by a group of yet other banditos all sporting red masks, or scarves of some type. (yes, possibly the earliest depiction of "the bloods" in film) Our coffin dragging protagonist advises them in a soft "this is my best Clint Eastwood impression" voice that their plan to burn the woman on a cross is not an acceptable way to treat a lady. There is some idle banter about the coffin, would he like to have their help in getting into it, etc. Django, for it is he, declines this thoughtful gesture with a rapid flurry of six gun gymnastics in which every single bad guy falls dead to the ground. Truly an amazing marksman. He then takes the battered border whore (yeah) to the brothel in town (we learn later that she is an escapee from the brothel) and orders himself some food. He is in town on a mission. A PERSONAL mission, savvy? A score to settle. He basically posts up in the only place in town where anyone (not to mention everyone) will likely be by in the next hour or day. The story gradually unfolds and actually does have some cool twists ala
"Lando meets Han Solo after so long" and we are finally made privy to Djangos plan.
and its a doozy.


My roomie says, "I think it was a touch outlandish but acceptable. I thought it dragged a little bit, and wasn't too terribly focused. The uh tension could have been tighter, I thought. And, uh, it wasn't invigorating, ya know? It wasn't remarkable, would you say it wasn't remarkable?"

I reply, "Well, given the date, of 66, and that this was a very early example of the genre at all, I'd have to give them some points for developing on that, and anytime you are at the headwaters of something like this, there really isn't a standard to look at, you pretty much have to make it up yourself."

He says, "I'm going to be right back, I have to swing my car around." (street cleaning day, you know how it is.)

Well, while he's off doing that , I shall continue. Yeah, it dragged at times, but it had a few cool humdingers too. The whores were hilarious, and pretty much what you'd expect ghost town whores to look like. The bad guys were of two archetypes, the "purely bad" and the "I'm bad, but once you saved my life" schools. The whores were the only ones who were happy to see everybody, as they did not discriminate.

In conclusion, I'd say this is a cool movie for western movie fans, who enjoy the genre for its on sake, and are into more than just Clint Eastwood films. There is a series (I believe) of Django movies, and I will honestly look forward to reviewing some of the later offerings in this line, when i go to reload on DVDs.

and hey, Django is a cool name. Django. say it. It's fun. and so is the movie!



Now my roomie is stoked on the revieing og all these movies, and I will try to include his thoughts on the movies as well.