As always, there may be spoilers here. And the trailer may be NSFW and/or NSFL.
Session: Fulci Month (Week 1)
Movie: Massacre Time (1966)
Directed by Lucio Fulci
Returning to his childhood home, prospector Tom Corbett (Franco Nero) is surprised by the changes. Spaghetti ensues.
Reaction and Other Folderol:
Did you ever find yourself watching a movie, thinking that a lot of things don't make sense, when one line changes everything -- making sense of it all? That's what happens in Massacre Time. I kept wondering things like "why would he say that?" and "why didn't he kill him?" Some of these really bothered me -- the characters' actions and motivations seemed inexplicable. Then, maybe 80 or 90 percent of the way through, came the development that explained everything. I give the film a lot of credit for the way it did that -- teasing us, and then paying off.
The oddest part about watching this movie was the feeling that I was watching a Django flick. Django, the 1966 Spaghetti Western starring Franco Nero is -- depending on my mood -- either my favorite or second favorite Spaghetti Western. Because of its popularity, a lot of films in the genre were branded as sequels even though they are not related, were not produced to be sequels, and had protagonists not named Django and played by men other than Franco Nero. But this, released at about the same time as Django, actually felt like a real Django film. Franco Nero looked all Django-ey, and it had the same sensibilities. It even featured an opening scene that was very similar to one of the important scenes in Django. All it really needed was for Tom Corbett to be renamed, and it could very easily have been a Django prequel -- providing helpful backstory to the iconic character. Actually, if I recall Keith's comments correctly, it was branded as a Django movie in some of its European releases.
Ratings
Me: 9
Bob-O: 9.5
Dave: 9.5
Ethan: 8
Joe: 10
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