Quentin Tarantino on NAVAJO JOE
In an interview in the latest Video Watchdog, Quentin Tarantino refers to NAVAJO JOE as "before THE WILD BUNCH, the most violent movie to ever have an American studio logo at the front. [United Artists]." After seeing NAVAJO JOE again this afternoon on the Western Channel, I’'m puzzled by that remark. It didn't seem particularly more violent than too many other Italian westerns I’'ve seen. Also, QT makes a point of singling out Burt Reynolds’ fighting style as being like that of a martial artist and waxes rhapsodic about it in the interview. While I loved watching Burt do all his own stunts, I doubt that I would call what he does a “fighting style.” He basically runs, leaps and pounds his opponents with sheer force, or sneaks up on them and stabs them. Not a lot of style there.
Any thoughts?