7.5 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Django is a lone stranger who roams the West dragging a coffin filled with chaos towards a destiny ruled by vengeance.
Starring: Franco Nero, José Bódalo, Loredana Nusciak, Ángel Álvarez, Simón ArriagaForeign | 100% |
Western | 38% |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: LPCM 2.0
Italian: LPCM 2.0
English, English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (A, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Sergio Corbucci's "Django" (1966) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Flms. The supplemental features on the release include Luca Rea's documentary "Django & Django"; recent program with Ruggero Deodato; archival program with Franco Nero; and more. In English or Italian, with optional English and English SDH subitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Django arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Films.
This Blu-ray release introduces the recent 4K restoration of Django, which is also available on 4K Blu-ray. You can see our listing and review of this release here. However, the 4K Blu-ray release does not have a Blu-ray disc with a 1080p presentation of the 4K restoration.
I have now seen Django in it entirety on Blu-ray as well. I think that just like the native 4K presentation, the 1080p presentation of the 4K restoration is quite the dramatic upgrade in quality over the previous Region-B release of Django, which Argent Films produced in 2013. In fact, the 1080p presentation is so impressive, I actually do not think that there is a significant gap in quality when it is compared to the native 4K presentation. Several darker segments, for instance, like the one where the bandits cause havoc at night, look slightly better in 1080p because there is more to see in darker backgrounds. Density levels remain excellent, too. I also liked color reduction, though in select areas, and specifically ones featuring the color red, the expanded color gamut of 4K Blu-ray is clearly superior. I did not encounter any encoding anomalies to report in our review. All in all, this Blu-ray release offer an all-around excellent upgrade in quality over the previous Region-B release and makes it possible to experience Django in an entirely new way. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location).
There are two standard audio tracks on this release: English LPCM 2.0 and Italian LPCM 2.0. Optional English SDH (for the English track) and English subtitles (for the Italian track) are provided.
I have now viewed the entire film on Blu-ray as well. The comments below are from our review of the 4K Blu-ray release of the film, which was published earlier.
I viewed the entire film with the English track. This track is very healthy. This being said, it does have some inherited limitations. For example, the overdubbing creates small yet noticeable unevenness, and in some the synchronization is not always perfect. But these are limitations that have always been around. The crucial detail here is that now this track is very healthy.
The new Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray releases of Sergio Corbucci's cult spaghetti western Django from Cult Films introduce the same excellent 4K restoration of the film that was prepared at L'Immagine Ritrovata in 2018. I think that the restoration looks great on both releases, for different reasons, and both represent tremendous upgrades in quality over the previous Blu-ray release from Argent Films. Both feature Luca Rea's very interesting recent documentary Django & Django as well. The Blu-ray release is available only as part of the Cult Spaghetti Westerns three-disc set. The individual 4K Blu-ray release does not have a Blu-ray copy. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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