Django
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Written by Sergio and Bruno Corbucci in collaboration with Franco Rosetti and Piero Vivarelli
1966/Italy/Spain
B.R.C. Produzione/Tecisa
First viewing/Amazon Instant
[box] Django: You can clean up the mess, now. But don’t touch my coffin.[/box]
Corbucci’s ultra-violent Yojimbo retake ups the ante but in no way surpasses Leone’s.
Django (Franco Nero) is a man of mystery. He arrives in a Wild West town dragging a coffin through the mud. One of his first acts is to save half-breed prostitute Maria from Mexican bandits. Thereafter, both become embroiled in a bloody feud between the bandidos and a gang of racist Southern mercenaries.
Double-crosses are the order of the day as the body count mounts.
My introduction to Sergio Corbucci was The Great Silence (1968). I still remember how traumatizing the ending of that one was! I didn’t come out of Django wanting to slit my throat at the vileness of humanity, but I didn’t enjoy its graphic sadistic violence any more than previously. If you think Once Upon a Time in the West was a tad too tame, give Corbucci’s films a try.
