tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post8836072029050539322..comments2023-10-28T11:09:18.671+05:30Comments on Cinemascope: Bob le Flambeur [1956]Shubhajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-12567698763681166132010-05-04T21:20:19.425+05:302010-05-04T21:20:19.425+05:30Dave:
Well, for me this would rank higher than Le...Dave:<br /><br />Well, for me this would rank higher than Le Samourai. Haven't watched Army of Shadows yet, so can't comment. As you observed, this is a quintessential French film in terms of the amount of style & charm it has brought in, making it, again as your observed, more entertaining and poetic, and less intense. Thanks Dave for sharing your views.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-11927248613124911382010-05-04T21:17:20.189+05:302010-05-04T21:17:20.189+05:30Sam:
Thanks a lot Sam. The heist film genre has s...Sam:<br /><br />Thanks a lot Sam. The heist film genre has seen some of the greatest noirs ever. Movie like Asphalt Jungle, Killing (as you noted), Killers & Criss Cross immediately come to mind. But Bob le Flambeur is much lighter work - as you aptly said, a "poetic" caper film indeed.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-2813896557959886102010-05-04T08:47:06.863+05:302010-05-04T08:47:06.863+05:30Our assessments and ratings are pretty much the sa...Our assessments and ratings are pretty much the same here... I don't rank it quite as high as Melville's very best, but it is an entertaining and poetic film. It is not nearly as intense as are other Melville films, and perhaps that is why I don't respond to it as well as favorites like Le Samourai or Army of Shadows. But a second-tier Melville is light years ahead of top flight work from other directors, so this remains an essential film of French cinema.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134196370913749544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-52835649936087098342010-05-04T07:22:06.216+05:302010-05-04T07:22:06.216+05:30"Thus it managed to be the perfect bridge bet..."Thus it managed to be the perfect bridge between the doom and fatalism typified by the former, and the kind of style and iconoclasm brought in by the latter."<br /><br />Ah, I do agree completely Shubhajit, and the blend does make this film exquisitly entertaining and a viseral delight. It does in fact rank among Melville's best films. It is much like Kubrick's THE KILLING, in that it brings together sympathetic men to pull off a near impossible robbery, and fate plays a critical role here. It would safe to say (especially in view of your specifications) that this is the most "poetic" of all caper films.<br /><br />Again, a pitch-perfect short piece here.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com