| Django Kill | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Giulio Questi |
| Starring | Tomas Milian Marilù Tolo |
| Music by | Ivan Vandor |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Editing by | Franco Arcalli |
| Release date(s) | 3 May 1967 |
Django Kill (Italian: Se sei vivo spara also known as Django Kill!... If You Live, Shoot! and Oro Hondo) is an Italian spaghetti western.
Despite it is still considered the first "Django" sequel, the movie has nothing to do with Django movies.[1] It is well-known for the surrealistic violence and for the psychedelic editing of Franco "Kim" Arcalli. Phil Hardy defines it as "the most brutally violent spaghetti western ever made".[2] Describing the film, Christopher Frayling says that "the violence was of an extraordinarily savage kind". [3] Antonio Bruschini writes that "this film is the first western to offer a sample of truly horrendous scenes".[4] Marco Giusti defines the film as the most violent, bizarre and "pop" ever filmed in Italy.[5]
One week after its release, an Italian Court confiscated Django Kill for its scabrous violence. The film was re-released seven days later, with 22 minutes removed.[6] The film had censor problems in many other countries: in England, the British censorship removed about half an hour of film.[7] Recently, several DVD editions restored the removed scenes, publishing the film in an uncut and uncensoured version.[6]