"Django, Fearless Man" is the Turkish version of the Italian version of the Hollywood version of the Wild West. Turkey can pass for that eternal desert that is the movie West, and the old quarry looks the same in any land or film. What would the cheap adventure spectacle be without the old quarry to blow stuff up in? There is someone to avenge and bad guys to be shot and a villain in a skeleton costume. The costumes of the Mexican characters come off pretty well, but at their worst the cowboys seem to be wearing cheap Halloween costumes, and their hats are far too small. I don't even know what they were trying to do with the cowgirl outfit. Of course it is never convincing for a moment as a representation of anything that could ever really have happened in the American West or anywhere else except in wonderland of the International Cinema. Morricone themes are pirated indiscriminately in the soundtrack, and overall quality is not much worse than a poorer Monogram western. It can be sat through, and if this is your trip you will groove on it. If you have a reason to be looking this up at all, I salute you as a friend and a sibling, and wish you what pleasure you can get from viewing it. Not the worst thing I have ever seen. Viewable with English subs on Internet Archive.
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Fake Killing vs. Fake Django!
BandSAboutMovies17 September 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Obviously, the entire week that we spent on Italian Westerns should let you know how much I love Django. Now, after double digits of rip-offs and remakes in his native Italy, the man once played by Franco Nero (and Jamie Foxx, Anthony Steffen, Glenn Saxson, George Eastman, James Philbrook, Franco Franchi, Tomas Milian, Ivan Rassimov, Gianni Garko, Terence Hill, Jack Betts, Brad Harris and certainly several more that I'm neglecting to remember) has made his way to Turkey.
He's also brought along another Italian character, this time the antihero Killing, known in Turkey as Kilink. Here, he's merely called the Death Rider, but we all know who he is. Who else would cut the hand of one of his own men off, then feed it to a dog, and still have everyone like him?
I have no idea how a remix like this happened, but I'm glad that it did. Also, the Turkish film industry made plenty of ripoffs of Ringo, including Kanunsuz Kahraman - Ringo Kid, which rips off 7 Men from Now and uses the music from Winchester 1965/1966. Of course, it stars Cüneyt Arkin.
He's also brought along another Italian character, this time the antihero Killing, known in Turkey as Kilink. Here, he's merely called the Death Rider, but we all know who he is. Who else would cut the hand of one of his own men off, then feed it to a dog, and still have everyone like him?
I have no idea how a remix like this happened, but I'm glad that it did. Also, the Turkish film industry made plenty of ripoffs of Ringo, including Kanunsuz Kahraman - Ringo Kid, which rips off 7 Men from Now and uses the music from Winchester 1965/1966. Of course, it stars Cüneyt Arkin.
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