Sampling “The Other Sergio” — Sergio Corbucci

Oct 31, 2019 661

BY: JOE LEYDON

For years, Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci was saddled with a less-than-complimentary nickname – “The Other Sergio” – because his own Spaghetti Westerns often (well, to be more precise, just about always) were overshadowed by those of his contemporary, the great Sergio Leone.

But critics, academics and diehard movie buffs have long championed Corbucci’s works as classics in the own right. Now that Quentin Tarantino – an enthusiastic fan and admirer – has unleashed Django Unchained, an epic western partially inspired by Corbucci’s violent sagebrush sagas, you might want to sample the cinema of the “Other Sergio.”

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