Review of Django (1966) by Justin G — 14 Jun 2013
Before seeing the much hyped Tarantino effort I had to view the original that spawned a genre of hundreds of Italian spaghetti westerns.
The film was banned on its 1966 release and you can see why with the violence including the customary shoot outs but whipping, ears being cut off etc.
The English dubbing is awful and sounds like a Radio 4 show.
The soundtrack bar the dubbing is good and the Django theme sounds very Matt Munro!
The title character is played by Franco Nero who certainly gives Clint Eastwood the man with no name in the Sergio Leone films a run for his money.
You can see the low budget in this film. Had it had the budget of the Leone films it would have been a classic and I think Quentin Tarantino recognises this.
Right now to see the modern version.
This review of Django (1966) was written by Justin G on 14 Jun 2013.
Django has generally received positive reviews.
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