Etienne Borgers (freeweb@rocketmail.com)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 02:42:46 -0800 (PST)
As some of the cinema buffs of this list seem to have their
ways to find poorly distributed films in the USA, I could
recommend to hunt for : L'Insoumis- 1964 by Alain Cavalier,
with Delon as a "lost" French officer of the Algerian war.
Griping, Noir and with real depth.
(No English title that I recall of- literally translated= The
Untamed) This film did not get full recognition at the time,
as it was banned by the French government.(I saw it in
another country few years later)
Cavalier did also an adaptation of a Parker novel
( The Score- by Richard Stark) in 1967: Mise a Sac. Excellent
and masterly crafted film, but more traditional by its
subject. This very personal French director had a voluntarily
interruption of approx 10 years of his film making, but
resumed and still produces into the 90's. He's certainly one
to remember from the New Wave!
Coming back to Melville, this forefather(and participant...)
of the French New Wave, prominent Noir film maker, I could
recommend: Le Deuxieme Souffle (Second Breath) that I always
liked very much (after his tops like Le Samourai, and: Le
Doulos). It carries a first class acting by Lino Ventura,
besides a real Noir/HB subject taken from a French novel by
Jose Giovanni ( one of the very best HB writers from that
time in France).
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