Tag: Jack Palance

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  Contempt (1963)

  June 18, 2020

  1960s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, French Cinema, New Wave

  Contempt (1963; Le Mepris) was a film that I admired or appreciated rather than loved. I’ve long read about it, seen it discussed by film critics and directors, and it did help to learn this was director Jean-Luc Godard’s only film financially backed by American film producers and that he didn’t like the filming experience.… Read.

• The Mercenary (1968)

  September 19, 2019

  1960s, Italian Cinema, Spaghetti Western, Western

  In my never ending quest to watch movies scored by Ennio Morricone (particularly as popularised and used by Tarantino – ‘L’Arena’ from this film was used in Kill Bill Vol. 2 when she busts out of the grave), I watched The Mercenary (1968 – Il mercenario), another spaghetti western. A smooth Polish mercenary with a… Read.