A man carrying a coffin (played by Franco Nero) rescues a woman named Maria (Loredana Nusciak) and enters a border town caught between a private militia of former Rebels under Major Jackson (Eduardo Fajardo) and a small Mexican revolutionary army led by General Hugo (José Bódalo). There’s also gold to be found. Released in 1966, “Django” – pronounced JANG-oh – is considered a cult Euro Western, notable for its leading actor and the genre's usual exaggerated style. Franco Nero and his resemblance to Terence Hill embodied the European version of Clint Eastwood. As you might expect, the characters are simple stereotypes, and there’s considerable violent action that becomes so extreme it’s almost funny. For example, fifteen people are killed within the first twenty minutes, followed shortly by forty more in a machine gun massacre. Just thirty minutes later, another machine gun attack occurs with no artistic merit whatsoever. It's something you have to witness to fully appreciate and suggests filmmaking geared toward 13-year-olds. Given what’s inside Django’s coffin, it doesn't seem very realistic that he could drag it for more than a short distance. The way he clumsily pulls it along is particularly unbelievable during the gold theft scene where, oddly enough, nobody notices or hears him. _Of course!_ When does this story take place? Mercedes Zaro’s tombstone indicates a death date of 1889, which aligns with the use of standard lever-action rifles and Django's version of a Maxim machine gun, suggesting it couldn't be earlier than 1884. Quentin Tarantino incorporated elements from “Django” and other Spaghetti Westerns to create the excellent “Django Unchained” (2012), which makes “Django” and most Euro Westerns from the 60s and early 70s seem less impressive in comparison. The theme song by Luis Bacalov is well done, and Nusciak has a striking, cool presence. The film’s length is 1 hour, 31 minutes (censored versions are about three to four minutes shorter) and was filmed in Madrid, Spain, and Lazio, Italy. GRADE: C

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