Cinemania Series - DJANGO
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Delve into the mania of underground cinema as Michael Wheeler and Tye Krebs, two local genre enthusiasts, guide us into the weird and fantastical treasures of the silver screen.
DJANGO
Monday, 5/13 at 7:00
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About DJANGO:
With an addictively catchy theme song, this definitive spaghetti western by Sergio Corbucci (THE GREAT SILENCE, COMPAÑEROS) made an international star out of Franco Nero and officially ushered in the subgenre alongside Leone’s “Man With No Name” Trilogy. DJANGO’s brand of bleak nihilism would be repeatedly emulated in a raft of over 50 unofficial sequels.
Nero gives a career-defining performance as Django, a mysterious, charming loner who arrives at a mud-drenched ghost town on the Mexico-US border, ominously dragging a coffin behind him…
About our hosts:
Michael Wheeler, who studied film, creative writing, and English at the university of Cincinnati, has had a lifelong obsession with the macabre and horror cinema. He’s done movie reviews for college radio worked on local television, and written on the Slasher genre of the 1980’s. We are pleased to have Michael host Manic Mondays and our Monday Masterpieces!
Tye Krebs is a life long video store nerd who studied film theory at UNCW where he focused on Grindhouse, Horror, Exploitation and Eurocult cinema. He has appeared on local radio, various podcasts, and documentaries discussing weird and wild movies from around the world.
