The visceral cinematic explosion begins as soon as the blistering, psychedelic opening credits roll in this 60s classic. Director Jack Cardiff was previously a cinematographer for Michael Powell and Emmerich Pressburger and worked on the films The Red Shoes and The Black Narcissus among others. Cardiff created some of the […]
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One of the overlooked action-adventure classics of the 1960s, DARK OF THE SUN will finally be getting a long overdue release on hi-definition BluRay from Warner Archive. Buy now from Amazon.com (Amazon.co.UK / Amazon.CA) I first learned of the film when it was screened at the Quentin Tarantino Film Fest […]
This 1980 war film directed by John Irvin (Raw Deal, Hamburger Hill) and photographed by Jack Cardiff (Dark of the Sun) was based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth. The story follows a group of international mercenaries who are hired to remove an African president in the fictional country of […]