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Django (1966) (1993x15)

Fecha de emisión: Ago 01, 1993

Django is a great treat, a long-unseen spaghetti western. Sergio Corbucci also directed The Big Silence, another ‘missing’ film premiered on Moviedrome. This was the first western I ever saw where the bad guys win absolutely. It was so troubling that the producers actually had Corbucci shoot a happy ending too, which played in certain territories where the sad one was perceived as being too much. Django isn’t quite as doom-laden, but it comes close. It also benefits from an even madder plot and some extraordinary sets and costumes by Giancarlo Simi, who designed all of Sergio Leone’s films. The Big Silence took place in the snow; Django is set entirely in a sea of mud.