The Mercenary (1968)
Directed by Sergio Corbucci · Cinematography by Alejandro Ulloa
PG-13110 min58 frames
Western
He sells death to the highest bidder! Buy or die!
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What is The Mercenary about?
While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.
The Mercenary, known in the UK as A Professional Gun, is a 1968 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Corbucci. The film stars: Franco Nero, Jack Palance, Tony Musante, Eduardo Fajardo and Giovanna Ralli, and features a musical score by Ennio Morricone, taking inspiration from his work in Guns for San Sebastian, and Bruno Nicolai.
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What does the cinematography of The Mercenary look like?
Sampled across 58 frames, the coverage of The Mercenary leans on medium shots (36% of the sample) and wide compositions (34%). The camera returns again and again to low angles. Cinematographer Alejandro Ulloa keeps 81% of it in soft, naturalistic light. This is largely a daylight film — 84% of the frames play in daylight. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 55% of the frames.
What is the color palette of The Mercenary?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Mercenary (1968) are #37312d, #55524d, #d2cbb3, #938a77, #aca691, #d7d3cf — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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