Django is a 1966 spaghetti western directed by sergio corbucci starring franco nero as django. Stranger django franco nero rides into the middle of a border fray between mexican bandits and. Django seems also an interesting character made for a spaghetti western. Django shoots first came out only 6 months after the premiere of django which probably makes it one of the first movies to cash in on the success of corbuccis classic. Short answer, because movies depend on characters making questionable decisions to advance the plot and create conflict, without which you dont have a movie at all. The initial germ of the whole idea was a slave who becomes a bounty hunter and then goes after overseers that are hiding out on plantations, tarantino recalls. See more ideas about western movies, westerns and movie posters. For the first time, his life is on the line for real and for that reason this scene is easily the best in the film. The year is 1943 in nazioccupied paris and django reinhardt is at the pinnacle of his art. Django shoots first is another colorful, fastpaced spaghetti western. Django shoots first 1966 once upon a time in a western.
Original django franco nero on his iconic character and the films. Bruno nicolai was the righthand man of ennio morricone. The audience may see him carrying a coffin which keeps the suspense for almost the first half hour of the film. September 24th, 2002 not yet rated 1 hr 32 min plot summary. Django shoots first 1966 glenn saxson, fernando sancho, ida. Now i am not sure if the film was meant to be a knockoff or if. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with clusker. W hen i first saw quentin tarantinos django unchained, i wrote that it was as deplorable and delicious as a forbidden cigarette. After you finished making django, what was the first sign you. Django is a 1966 spaghetti western film directed and cowritten by sergio corbucci, starring franco nero. After the slow but nonetheless great 70s clintwood western joe kidd the next movie i watched was django spara per primo. This is the first time we can enjoy this early 1966 italian western on dvd englishspoken. Django, directed by etienne comar from a script by comar and alexis salatko, from whose novel the movie was adapted, treats only a couple of years in reinhardts life, depicting his troubles in nazioccupied france during world war ii.
This time out we have glenn saxson in the title role seeking vengeance for the murder of his. Django then shoots his men, and challenges jackson to return with all of his accomplices. There were a couple of direct sequels with the character, played by franco nero, but so, so many more had only the name django in the title because producers and distributors wanted to. Django shoots first 1966 glenn saxson, fernando sancho, ida galli.
The movie has a very good spaghettistyle music score, nice camera work, some riveting scenes, and a great revenge plot with some unique elements and a couple of twists. There isnt much new here, but its a pleasantly entertaining way to spend an hour and a half, with an adequate amount of action, plottwists, and gunwielding heavies. Cowboy django glenn saxson, aided by his partner fernando sancho, avenges the killing of his father. The film follows a union soldierturneddrifter and his companion, a mixedrace prostitute, who become embroiled in a. An unofficial sequel in the django series of italowesterns, this time starring glenn saxson, fernando sancho, ida galli, and erika blanc. The inspiration for quentin tarantinos film django unchained 2012, although it is not a remake of this film, despite the theme song being used in the opening credits and franco nero making a cameo opposite jamie foxxs django. Django was not just a spaghetti western when released in europeit became an event. Quentin tarantinos the hateful eight is the eighth film from the writer and director. Django shoots first 1966 cowboy django glenn saxson, aided by his partner fernando.
A list of 29 films compiled on letterboxd, including django 1966, a few dollars for django 1966, django shoots first 1966, two sons of ringo 1967 and django, the last killer 1967. This movie so inspired quentin tarantino that he made django unchained 2012 and repeated the ear cutting scene in his first notable film, reservoir dogs 1992. The movie plot mirrors that of alexandre dumas the three musketeers, but the spaghetti westerns add something new to it. So i figured that it was about time that i pick it up and do the second installment. Longer answer, because django was too proud, impulsive, and brash to simply sit back and wait for schultz to do this, and schultz himself has a flair for theatrics and so probably hatched the scheme as much for his own. This tough, bloody, guncrazy 1966 italian action flick from sergio corbucci navajo joe, super fuzz pistolwhipped and hogtied into submission the spaghetti western genre already made popular by leones iconic man with no name trilogy, creating an international sensation all its own and spawning over 30 official sequels and countless knock. Django comes into an enormous inheritance from his murdered father, an inheritance he learns he must share with his late fathers unscrupulous business partner, mr cluster. Django is a 1966 italian spaghetti western film directed and cowritten by sergio corbucci.
The brilliant and carefree jazz guitarist, king of ethereal swing, plays to standingroomonly crowds in. It transcends the rest of the entire film in its level of tension and excitement. The film is a beautifully shot but violent take on the spaghetti western. I saw the first 1966 django and enjoyed it so wanted to see another one. Uses french titles for opening credits with onscreen title pour django tirez dabord, and english for the end titles. Django spara per primo the spaghetti western database. Franco nero tells how everywhere he goes, even today, people shout django, the name of the 1966 film he credits with giving him a great career. Without ruining anything, django finds himself seriously down on his luck, stripped of his tools and truly alone. During the shooting, he wanted everyone to see the original django film.
Its a brutal scene, as joyous music is drowned out by gunfire. The italian actor who inspired quentin tarantinos django. Django murders ringo and then decides to bury the bounty hunter instead of his father, as he then takes his dads body into town for the money. List of django movies letterboxd your life in film. Formerly released in great britain, but only italian spoken and with frozen english. Saxon is charismatic in the lead, but is topped by ida galli and fernando sancho, who gives us a wonderful sidekick in one of his few roles as a good guy. Obviously, both movies have absolutely nothing in common and django shoots first is actually a very light western, almost playing like a comedy. As a result, theres a disconnect in tarantinos latest offering that sometimes weakens the overall strength of the. Original django franco nero on his iconic character and. Opening film of the 2017 berlin film festival, django is a powerful biopic focusing on the life of legendary romani jazz guitarist django reinhardt. The film became a franchise unto itself, but if you thought james bond had his imitators, django had an explosion of them. Why quentin tarantino changed his django sequel to the. Il grande ritorno the only sequel endorsed by corbucci, which proved to be the last film in the series.
It was his first western film score, and was followed several months later by his soundtrack for damiano damianis a bullet for the. Django proved so popular in europe that over 30 sequels and followups were produced, though franco nero would not return to the role until 1987s django 2. Django shoots first 1966 django s father is framed by his business partner clusker and shot by a bounty killer. Reinhardt, elegantly interpreted by reda kateb a prophet, zero dark thirty, is the toast of 1943 paris, thrilling audiences with his distinctive brand of hot jazz and charming his admirers. Martin guido lollobrigida as ward credited as lee burton george eastman as jeff cluster. While hes had ideas for sequels or spinoffs to his movies before.
He who shoots first also known as django shoots first is one of these faux django films. The rivals here are a group of bigots who enjoy themselves killing mexicans and a group of mexican bandits. Although the synopsis seem simple, django shoots first is a very well scripted film with good characters with clever twists. I was going to give it a 7 out of 10, but then the ending made me want to push it up a notch. The movie opens as some german soldiers wipe out a gypsy encampment in ardennes. Django unchained is an intriguing mix of massmarket appeal that tarantino enjoyed with inglourious basterds and playfulunrestrained storytelling that, with jackie brown and pulp fiction, first made him a fanfavorite filmmaker. Django not only inspired tarantino but it was so huge in europe that it created its very own genre. The film follows a union soldierturneddrifter and his companion, a mixedrace prostitute, who become embroiled in a bitter. The film is set in 1869, four years after the end of the civil war. Heres a list of all the real django films and all the rip offs i can find. Django kill spaghetti western, english, full length cowboy movie. Django shoots first aka django spara per primo aka he who shoots first 1966 djangos father is framed by his business partner clusker and shot by a bounty killer.
Glenn saxson aka roel bos stars as yet another django. The film follows a union soldierturneddrifter and his. Glenn saxson, ida galli, fernando sancho, nando gazzolo, guido lollobrigida, erika blanc, marcello tusco, valentino macchi. Django a wartime biopic of the worldfamous jazz guitarist django reinhardt. I actually own enough django films to do at least five of these. Django unchaineds journey to the big screen began over ten years ago, when writer director quentin tarantino first thought of the films main character, django.
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