Django on DVD

Jim Gallaher

Just received my "Django" DVD (French with English subtitles, pre-ordered through Amazon). I'm loving it! A must-have for GJ fans.

PapsPier

Hi Jim are you talking about Django the movie of Etienne Comar (which for me, is definitely not a must-have but a must-avoid), or the 4-DVD box with different documentaries about Django (which is a must have)

Jim Gallaher

The Comar movie. I didn't have any expectations approaching biography, just entertainment

Noto

PapsPier, what don't you like about the movie? I haven't seen it.

AndrewUlle

I felt like it was a gypsy version of "The Sound of Music" - complete with cartoon Nazis. I kept waiting for Julie Andrews to come out singing Do Re Mi.

A better story might have shown how the war separated Django and Stephane, and how that affected them personally & musically. A real in-depth biography would be more interesting, I think, because Django was such a character. As one film critic wrote, the "escape from Nazis" story has been done way too much.



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The one part that brought tears to my eyes was when he smashed his guitar to hide it in the snow.