Author Archives: David Walker

Best of BAMF – Dream vs. Reality

This was first posted on January 21, 2008. I’m reposting it now, because aside from the fact that Barack Obama has now served a full term as President of the United States, and back then he was just one of … Continue reading

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spaghetti western archive – COMPAÑEROS

I’m not sure if Sergio Corbucci was a balls-out Communist, or a Marxist, but he was definitely a cynic who leaned far to the left, which was reflected in his westerns as early as Django. In his earlier films, Corbucci … Continue reading

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At Long Last…My Thoughts on DJANGO UNCHAINED

Initially, I had no plans to write about Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. But in the weeks since its release, as so many people have chimed in—both negatively and positively—I regularly find myself being asked my thoughts about the movie, and … Continue reading

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Supporting Independents (or How You Can Make the World a Better Place in Four Easy Steps)

I woke up this morning, and like many independent creators, I worried about where my next paycheck was coming from, if my bills would be paid this month, and, of course, if my creative pursuits were a waste of time. … Continue reading

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spaghetti western archive – IF YOU MEET SARTANA, PRAY FOR YOUR DEATH

For me, watching spaghetti westerns is a lot like watching kung-fu flicks—it’s great when the story makes sense, but sometimes that’s just asking too much. Sometimes all you can hope for are some great action sequences, a hero that kicks … Continue reading

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New Article on MSN

Check out my most recent article for MSN—an overview of movies inspired by serial killer Ed Gein (for some reason that cut out Three on a Meathook). Click HERE to read the article.

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Blaxploitation Archive – BOSS NIGGER

BAMF’s Blaxploitation Archive is a collection of reviews originally written in the 1990s that appeared in the pages of BadAzz MoFo. This review and many others have been reprinted and collected in BadAzz MoFo’s Book of Blaxploitation, Volume One, which … Continue reading

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2012 in Review (or, Shit I Got Done While You Were Doing Nothing, Even Though I Didn’t Always Get Paid For Doing It)

The inevitability of looking back at the year gone by is a trap many of us fall into, and in falling, we often become obsessed with everything that went wrong. We become haunted by the resolutions we didn’t maintain, the … Continue reading

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BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD and Squalor Porn: Examining Cinema’s Preferred View of the Black Existence in America

It’s not that I didn’t like director Benh Zietlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, because there were certainly aspects of the film I appreciated. The production design was amazing, parts of the story were compelling, and the performances by Quvenzhané … Continue reading

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spaghetti western archive – A FEW DOLLARS FOR DJANGO and DJANGO KILLS SILENTLY

It should come as no great surprise that there is no character named Django in A Few Dollars for Django, which is just one of the many problems with this in-name-only sequel that typifies much of what’s wrong with most … Continue reading

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