Ep #81 - The Many Faces of Django in the 60s
Cinema6021 Nov 2023

Ep #81 - The Many Faces of Django in the 60s

In 1966, somewhere along the United States-Mexico border, a man wearing a tattered Union uniform drags a coffin across the desert… and into the hearts of the Italian moviegoing public. What was it about this mix of blood, violence, sweaty masculine tusslin’, and steely blue eyes? With just one film, Sergio Corbucci inspired over thirty five remakes, sequels, and rip-offs – the first two even in the same year the original film came out.

In this episode, as part of their once Bootleg Bond series, now expanded Genre series, Bart and Jenna make it their business to map out Django from the beginning. They start with the widely seen original and slowly make their way through a mix of western wannabes, surrealist desert violence and pure cowboy schlock. They also discuss what makes Django so appealing: is it the cathartic, unflinchingly bloody violence, or is it the leftist beating heart that many spaghetti westerns share? Why not both?

The following films are discussed:

Django (1966)
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Starring Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, Eduardo Fajardo

A Few Dollars for Django (1966)
Pochi dollari per Django
Directed by León Klimovsky & Enzo G. Castellari
Starring Anthony Steffen, Gloria Osuna, Ennio Girolami

Django Shoots First (1966)
Django spara per primo
Directed by Alberto De Martino
Starring Glenn Saxson, Ida Galli, Fernando Sancho

Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)
Se sei vivo spara
Directed by Giulio Questi
Starring Tomas Milian, Marilù Tolo, Piero Lulli

Django, Prepare a Coffin (1968)
Preparati la bara!
Directed by Ferdinando Baldi
Starring Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman

Django the Bastard (1968)
Django il bastardo
Directed by Sergio Garrone
Starring Anthony Steffen, Paolo Gozlino, Luciano Rossi

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