For our seventy-ninth episode, we’re joined by friend of the show Hunter Robinson (“Tumbleweeds and TV Cowboys” podcast) for a discussion of historian Stephen Prince’s audio commentary for Sergio Corbucci’s classic 1966 spaghetti western “Django” (fully chained). We discuss preferred aspect ratios, the chain of cinematic theft between America, Japan, and Italy, shooting in the winter and being denied snow, an ear-slicing scene that one-ups Quentin Tarantino’s rip-off in “Reservoir Dogs”, whether or not Steven Spielberg studied Corbucci for his spatial geography, the surprising fact that Italian Neo-Realism only lasted eight years, and so much more.
Ryan’s Recommendations: “The Killing” (1956), “Paths of Glory” (1957), and “Barry Lyndon” (1975)
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Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.
