This is an odd one. On Netflix there's a new documentary on Corbucci fronted by Tarantino where he's sold to us as the second best Spaghetti Western director. I'm paraphrasing but Tarantino says something along the lines of "That sounds like an insult right? But it's not meant to. Like if you accept that John Ford is the number 1 American director of western then who's number 2? Is it Hawks or Peckinpah or Eastwood? It's a dogfight. There's no dogfight in Italy. Corbucci is the second best." Its hard to argue.
Apparently at one point Tarantino was planning on writing a Corbucci book. That didn't happen and I think that's why this documentary did. Its largely Tarantino talking to camera about his thoughts on Corbucci. Franco Nero gets a few words and Deodato pops in but it's basically Tarantino.
There's some good stuff in here. It feels oddly cheap and there's a very annoying intro where Tarantino tells an extended story about Leo's character in OUATIA experiences in Italy that is horribly self indulgent but it's nice to see Corbucci acknowledged.
Apparently at one point Tarantino was planning on writing a Corbucci book. That didn't happen and I think that's why this documentary did. Its largely Tarantino talking to camera about his thoughts on Corbucci. Franco Nero gets a few words and Deodato pops in but it's basically Tarantino.
There's some good stuff in here. It feels oddly cheap and there's a very annoying intro where Tarantino tells an extended story about Leo's character in OUATIA experiences in Italy that is horribly self indulgent but it's nice to see Corbucci acknowledged.
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