Django & Django

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.

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.

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.

Django & Django, if you recall in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Ray ( Leonardo diCaprio) went over to Italy to make some spaghetti westerns. The first part of this movie recalls the fictitious meeting in great detail of Ray meeting Italian director Sergio Corbucci. Quentin Tarantino then narrates a great documentary about Corbucci. Nice to see clips of westerns that are very rarely seen now, and even better to see The Specialist from 1969 starring Johnny Hallyday , the film that should have been Ray's. Tarantino is his usual infections self in this thoroughly entertaining film 8/10.

A really self-indulgent piece where the line is kind of blurred between Tarantino celebrating Corbucci and celebrating himself for being a fan of Corbucci.

It's almost like a hipster at a gig smirking that he heard the band first but then decides to get up and play his own songs in the middle of their set.

It was an enjoyable documentary but Tarantino took the shine away from it a little.