tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post8875967250826812936..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: THE MERCENARY (1968)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-20666251526413886162012-09-30T17:27:31.400-04:002012-09-30T17:27:31.400-04:00Sam, I remember you mentioning Musante's appea...Sam, I remember you mentioning Musante's appearance at the retrospective at your own blog, and after seeing the movie I envy your experience more than ever. Great Silence is a better movie overall but Mercenary may have it beat as pure spectacle. Meanwhile, I plan to watch Companeros pretty soon, so let's see how it compares.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-40224436321653722892012-09-30T17:09:14.663-04:002012-09-30T17:09:14.663-04:00"Django and the bleak, wintry Great Silence a..."Django and the bleak, wintry Great Silence are regarded as the two towers of Corbucci's work in the western genre, but on the pictorial level, at least, The Mercenary may be his masterpiece."<br /><br />Samuel, I'd say no, it's still THE GREAT SILENCE that is pictorially the most intoxicating of Corbucci's films, though both this and the superb DJANGO would compete. I managed to see all three at the spaghetti western festival a few months back along with three other Corbuccis: HELLBENDERS, COMPANEROS and NAVAJO JOE. Tony Musante, who was discovered as a NYC resident in an apartment just blocks from the theatre, appeared to give a rousing introduction and Q & A, and descrived Corbucci's painstaking direction. I quite agree with you that the film exhibits the sweep of high adventure and an epic score by Ennip Morricone, who was the prime musical architect of the genre.<br /><br />Wonderfully engaging piece here!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com