Django & Django

I really loved it, Very informative and entertaining at the same time, a must watch for all cinephiles and especially Spaghetti western fans. Don't miss it.

This terrific documentary film centering around conversations with Quentin Tarantino about the history of the Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and Sergio Corbucci. The best part is that it reveals as much about Tarantino's films as it does about the Spaghetti Western genre. We see, at least, and hear Tarantino's understanding of the influences and the Direction. We see how the Fascism of WWII Italy influences the Directors. We see how the violence of the childhood world of these men impacted the violence of their films and, subsequently, Tarantino's films. For a lover of films, whether Tarantino, Westerns, of films and general this is great conversation and film.

Or is t a mockumentary, not really sure with Tarentino's intro using his OUaTiH Rick Dalton backstory. Anyway, comes off as a good recap of Italian Spaghetti westerns, yes Corbucci is a real Director. Lots of clips, good for a laugh, and Tarentino does some kind of film school analysis of the deeper plotting and messaging. Makes one want to watch Minnesota Clay.

I've long maintained that no one in Hollywood has more fun with his craft than Quentin Tarantino. Here's further support for my thesis. Who else opens a documentary with a mockumentary? And gets a pair of major stars to appear in it?

Though nominally an homage to director Sergio Corbucci, it's really more of a focused interview with Tarantino, allowing him to explain his love for Spaghetti Westerns, including their historic role in context with all that preceded them, and transpired here during those years, giving due credit to those on both sides of the cameras. Corbucci is the primary object of his praise, but many others, including some lesser-known contributors, get their moments in the sun, as well.

I've seen over 300 of these films (including all that are featured here), and continue seeking others on my checklist. I'm obviously a genre fan. Even so, I found new appreciation for many I've already savored, and plan to re-watch a few, based on his insights. (In fact, since posting the rest of this review a couple of weeks ago, I re-watched Navajo Joe and upped my prior IMDb rating for it by a point; more appreciation for all Burt did there, thanks to QT's perspective.)

Tarantino isn't credited as the writer or director of this doc, but his fingerprints are all over it, even beyond what he says on camera.

I wish they'd covered one question that's been bugging me for a while, though it would have been somewhat off-topic. I've noticed many more Appaloosas in Spaghetti Westerns than in U. S. oaters of the same era. Were horses of that distinctive breed so much more prevalent in Spain than here, or did they just have better agents?

The preceding digression notwithstanding, thanks for making this project, dude. It was fun and informative to see a bit of what's going on between your ears.

I really enjoyed this, and think Tarantino is a very interesting director to listen to, and I find him talking about movies very engaging (almost as much as I enjoy hearing Scorsese talk about film). You can tell he's truly passionate about Corbucci and the genre of Spaghetti Westerns as a whole because there's a couple of times his words can't keep up with his thoughts 😅

I wish it had been a little longer by going into a few more movies (Corbucci appears to have directed heaps, and I've only seen two, so will need to check out some others), especially because I feel like there were a couple of extended montages near the end that only served to pad this out to over 70 minutes. But if "I just wanted a bit more" is the biggest complaint I have about a documentary, then it's honestly a pretty damn good documentary.