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Django/Django Strikes Again Reviews
THE MAN WITH A NAME : DJANGO
I won't argue here, the four westerns directed by Sergio Leone in the sixties fly high above the hundreds of spaghetti westerns shot in Spain, Greece, Portugal, Italy or Iceland during the same blessed period. However, this not a reason to overlook the cinematographic works of the outsiders of the italian master. Take Sergio Corbucci's DJANGO for instance. True that Franco Nero doesn't have Clint Eastwood's presence, true that DJANGO's supporting characters can't be compared with Gian-Maria Volontè or Klaus Kinski's hysterical apparitions.
So what, why leave this movie in the overpopulated Purgatory of forgotten movies. I was excited by the duels presented in Django, not by the machine-gun duels too predictible, but rather by the duel in Nathaniel's saloon or the final duel in a cemetery between a Franco Nero dealing with a crushed hand and the bad guys wearing red clothes so that you (and Django) can't miss them when the gunfight starts.
DJANGO STRIKES BACK, set in Mexico but shot in beautiful Colombia 20 years later, is not so exciting but you absolutely have to watch once the prologue of the movie, presented in italian with subtitles. Two pistoleros, well over the 60 years old mark, desperately try, after an hilarious gunfight, to remember the name of this legend of the West, the Man with the machine-gun. The irony of this scene is an excellent homage to Sergio Leone.
Two mini-interviews with Franco Nero, an interactive game for your kids, production notes and trailers complete this limited Anchor Bay edition.
A DVD zone outsiders.
Django is a classic/Django Strikes Again less so
What a great find for those interested in the spaghetti Western! _Django_ is one of the great films from this tradition, a true classic.
Set in an other-worldly town, where the streets are always muddy, the film creates an unusual, haunting atmosphere. Into this forgotten town trudges the man in black, Django (played by Franco Nero), dragging a coffin behind him. In the coffin is his trusty Gatling gun, which he proceeds to whip out and mow down scores of bad guys.
Director Sergio Corbucci created a truly memorable experience with this film, one of the most violent of all spaghetti Westerns. It is truly on a par with the Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood collaborations that most people associate with the genre.
Unfortunately, _Django Strikes Again_ isn't quite in the same league. It is certainly an entertaining film, with Django (again played by Nero) now a monk, perhaps to make up for his former ways, called back into action against a band of slavers who patrol the Amazon River in an armored steamship! You can't get much further from the typical landscape of the Western than the Amazon jungle, which is only one area where the sequel is a bit of a misfire. It's nice to see Franco Nero back in action, but the film doesn't compare well to the original.
Still, Anchor Bay, the company which released this double bill, must be congratulated for taking a chance with this material. Hopefully, sales of this title will warrant the release of more spaghetti Western classics (such as _The Big Gundown_ and _The Great Silence_).
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