Django Kill - If You Live, Shoot!
by Giulio Questi
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Actor: Milo Quesada, Piero Lulli, Ray Lovelock, Roberto Camardiel, Tomas MilianDirector: Giulio Questi
Brand: WEA DES Moines Video
Cinematographer: Franco Delli Colli
Producer: Giulio Questi
Writer: Giulio Questi
Producer: Alessandro Jacovoni
Writer: Benedetto Benedetti
Writer: Franco Arcalli
Writer: María del Carmen Martínez Román
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 581036
Studio: Blue Underground
DVD Reviews of Django Kill - If You Live, Shoot!
DVD Review: When is Django not really Django?
Summary: 4 Stars
I love Blue Underground. These films are a 100% riot to watch, not that they're funny or poor quality, just that it's so awesome that someone out there is going through the trouble to get these movies to the fans that truly appreciate them.
Now, "Django Kill" has nothing to do with the famous movie "Django" starring Franco Nero as the coffin-hauling hero. Any quick Google search about Italian cinema will reveal that when a film like this gained particular success, dozens of other movie studios jumped on that bandwagon and made sequels. Intellectual Property? Not a problem in the time of the Spaghetti western. The only reason "Django" appears in the title of this movie is to draw in the unsuspecting audience and cash in on the name brand. History lesson over.
This movie, also titled "If You Live, Shoot!" features Tomas Milan as the unnamed hero who is betrayed by his group of bandit buddies after a gold heist and left to die in the desert. Barely alive, he crawls out of his open grave and ends up in a town called "The Unhappy Place" where he finds his betrayers already dead by the hands of the townsfolk and a bizarre journey begins.
This is one of those legendary "banned" movies that was said to be so graphic in its perversion and violence that everyone got all up in arms about it. By today's standard the violence and gore is tame and follows the same conventions of most exploitation flicks of its day, but the truly disturbing thing about Django Kill is how strange it is.
The story of Clint Eastwood's "High Plains Drifter" is a good allegory to the plot of Django Kill, up to a point. In both movies a mysterious stranger arrives in town to dispense justice on those who have wronged him. The difference is this:
In "Drifter" the hero is amoral, driven, and utterly invincible. It is one of the few examples of western cinema where the hero doesn't undergo some sort of trial by fire (eg. getting beaten up). The stranger arrives, rallies the town to his cause, and delivers his revenge with brutal efficiency. Indeed, in the end it is revealed that the Stranger was at one time the town's marshal who was brutally murdered by a band of outlaws. He no less than rose from the dead to exact his revenge.
In "Django Kill" the hero arrives in town to find his prey already dead and then he ... does nothing. By no real fault of his own this stranger ends up in the middle of a town feud, is captured several times, and just sort of drifts along with the action. The town itself is the real star of the show as its myriad of strange inhabitants drive what could be considered the film's plot. "The Unhappy Place" is home to a collection of wretches who, among other things, use their children as footstools, publicly urinate wherever they please, lock their spouses away from the world because that's how they get their jollies, and subject themselves to the perversions of a man named Zorro who is served by a band of black-clad homosexuals.
If this movie hasn't intrigued or offended you yet, there's something wrong.
To be perfectly fair, I didn't follow Django Kill very well on my first viewing. It may take one or two showings for you to really understand what's going on as well. The film tends to drift from one scene to the next sometimes without the aid of fluid connectivity. Newton's laws don't apply to this film. Sometimes there is an action with no obvious reaction or consequence. Sometimes nothing happens at all. Sometimes the stranger is captured, tied to a crucifix, and then left at the mercy of a horde of bats. What a strange torture ... of course, the whole movie is strange.
If you're looking for a coherent film, you won't find it here. To some movies that is a detriment, bu to Django Kill it is one of its most enduring traits. The simple fact that nothing really make sense and that the hero you should be rooting for is by in large a very passive presence makes it all the more interesting. Double unfortunately ... I'm kind of double talking myself here ... I found that to be kind of tiresome. The "violent" scenes which include a scalping and a group of townspeople who literally tear apart a wounded man to get at the gold bullets that killed him are kind of corny, but that's sort of the point.
I'm not a huge fan of this movie, but I'll give it credit where it's due. The biggest problem I had watching "Django Kill" was I was left with a severe lack of fulfillment. I'm not watching spaghetti westerns to emphasize with the characters, but it's one of those movies where you invest your interest and it never really pays off. The person you should be rooting for doesn't really do anything deserving of your attention. The final few scenes don't even involve him that much. It is to my memory one of the only westerns I've seen where the hero doesn't fire his gun. He might, once or twice, but that's about it. There really isn't the requisite showdown between hero and villain and in the end you're sort of left wondering what just happened.
The DVD itself is presented well. You can only do so much with these old movies, but Blue Underground gets the job done. If you want a slightly more cohesive experience, watch the film with the Italian audio track and deal with the subtitles. The English dub is laughable at times and certain aspects of the movie make more sense in Italian. There are a few extras including trailers and an interview with director Giulio Questi and stars Tomas Milan and Ray Lovelock.
Are you going to enjoy "Django Kill?" I don't know, maybe? It deserves a viewing for fans of the genre at least to say that you did it. It is one of the more memorable entries in a sadly underrepresented genre of film making. Hopefully the guys at Blue Underground can do some more digging and resurrect a few dozen more of these classics.
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