What precisely was it about THIS Django that inspired Quentin Tarantino to make HIS Django?

You know his name.

Once he loved her, but now hes lost her, woah-oh-oh-oh.

Hes lost her forever…Django.

ThisDjangocame out the same year as the third and final of the Man with No Name films.

Djangoopens with the same credit style as last years movie, but with an oddly different emphasis.

He and his men seem to bide their time between murdering Mexicans and terrorizing prostitutes.

Eventually, the movie comes down to a coffin full of gold (dont they all?)

and an inconveniently located river of quick sand.

If there is a better metaphor for this movies plot, I couldnt guess it.

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Djangois a very difficult movie to digest.

It does a solid job of evoking the more masterful Leone Spaghetti movies.

Also, with a clearly meager budget,Djangocreates some striking visuals.

The visual of the decrepit village is almost biblical in the nature of its desolation.

However, it is all in service of what feels like a cheapie knock-off.

The story is equally confounding.

There isnt so much a plot to this movie as a series of vignettes.

First, it is about Django rescuing Maria and the prostitutes from Major Jackson.

In the second story, Django woos Maria while manipulating General Rodriguez to help him rob a fortune.

The last bit is particularly true for the much abused and oblivious Maria.

Indeed, it is easy to guess why Tarantino may have been first drawn to the picture.

Beyond being a Spaghetti Western with a cool name, it also developed a cult following due its reputation.

Upon its release in 1966,Djangowas considered the most violent film ever made.

Visually, it is quite beautiful and accomplishes more with its shoestring budget than many a Hollywood film.

It also contains all the conventions for lovers of the genre.

The dubbed acting doesnt work and every characters motives arent so much guarded and mysterious as they are non-existent.

Yes, the song is enjoyable in a way not unlike Gouda.

Otherwise, this movie might as well go back to the quicksand of time along with that ever-troublesome gold.