Sergio Corbucci

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Sergio Corbucci ( December 6, 1927 - December 1, 1990) was an Italian movie director. Most of his films are very violent, yet intelligent action movies. He is best known for his spaghetti westerns. Many of these action movies contain social criticism of left-wing political background. Corbucci actually was a communist. The art-direction in his movies is mostly surrealistic and apocalyptic, another trademark is his sense for black humour.

He was considered the best director of westerns after Sergio Leone. All his westerns were dark and brutal, with the characters portrayed as sadistic anti hero's. His films featured very high body counts, scenes of mutiliation against the main character (in Django an ear is cut off, in Jonny Oro, Indians are killed in the hundreds and in The Hellbenders, all main characters are brutally shot down)Women were treated badly in his films, and the main characters would lead an extirmination against the enemy, all his films had a grim ending.

Although, he was one of the best western directors, he was not as notable as Sergio Leone, who became a leading Hollywood director.

He is also the older brother of screenwriter and film director Bruno Corbucci.

Career

Corbucci started his career by directing mostly low-budget sword and sandal movies. His first commercial success was with the cult spaghetti western "Django", starring Franco Nero, the leading man in many of his movies. After "Django", Corbucci made many other spaghetti westerns, which made him the most successful Italian western director after Sergio Leone and one of Italy's most productive directors. His most famous of these pictures was "The Great Silence", a dark and gruesome western starring a mute action hero and a psychopathic bad guy. The film was banned in some countries for its excessive display of violence. In the 1970s and 1980s Corbucci mostly directed comedies, often starring Adriano Celentano. His movies were rarely taken seriously by contemporary critics and he was considered an exploitation director, but Corbucci has managed to attain a cult reputation.

elected filmography

*"Minnesota Clay" (1965)
*"Django" (1966)
*"Ringo and his Golden Pistol" (1966)
*"Navajo Joe" (1966)
*"The Hellbenders" (1967)
*"The Mercenary" (A Professional Gun) (1968)
*"The Great Silence" (1969)
*"Companeros" (1970)
*"" (Sonny and Jed) (1972)
*"Di che segno sei?" (1975)
*"The Con Artists" (1976)
*"Il signor Robinson" (1975)
*"" (1978)
*"Super Fuzz" (1980)
*"A Friend Is a Treasure" (1981)

External links

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10287301 Find-A-Grave profile for Sergio Corbucci]

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DATE OF BIRTH= December 6, 1927
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