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Le Doulos
... number of robberies with the help of Silien, whom he begins to suspect is a police informer. A spellbinding New Wave noir from director Jean-Pierre Melville (LE SAMOURAI). more info >>
Le Samourai (1967) Criterion Collection
... ;hit" by a barroom pianist who doesn't let on to the cops, he discovers that he's being set up for something worse than jail. New wave noir from Melville, the tough-guy darling of the "Cahiers du Cinema" crowd. Based on the novel "The Ronin" by Joan McLeod. more info >>
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Army of Shadows (1969) Criterion Collection
Well-known for his influential crime films (LE SAMOURAI, LE CERCLE ROUGE), director Jean-Pierre Melville explores the lives of French Resistance fighters in his moody World War II masterpiece, ARMY OF SHADOWS. Restrained and controlled, the film follows Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) and other members ... more info >>
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Le Cercle Rouge (Red Circle) Special Edition Criterion Collection
Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle with a mysterious woman (Gian Maria Volonte) and an ex-cop with some issues of his own (Yves Montand). Melville ... more info >>
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Un Flic
... , Edourd begins to put the pieces of the puzzle together, creating a difficult situation for both friends. A deft and stylish thriller from director Melville (LE SAMOURAI), whose influence is still felt today by directors as diverse as Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, and John Woo. It was his last film ... more info >>
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Classe Tous Risques
... drawn friendship between the leads. Neglected upon its initial release--and championed by directors John Woo, Bernard Travenier, and Jean-Pierre Melville--Claude Sautet's French noir is a worthy candidate for rediscovery. more info >>
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Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Criterion Collection
Cinema giants Jean-Pierre Melville (THE WAGES OF FEAR) and Jean Cocteau (BEAUTY AND THE BEAST) collaborated to create LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, a stunning portrait of surreal perversion and narcissism based on Cocteau's novel of the same name. When teenage Paul, the fragile protagonist, is mysteriously ... more info >>
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Good Thief
... and Gérard Darmon as two of Bob's brothers in crime), clever dialogue, stylish direction, and pretty Riviera scenery. Loosely modeled on Jean Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR, this is something of a pet project for Jordan and it's obvious he's invested himself into every detail of the production. The ... more info >>
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Moby Dick (1956)
... , and that he'll risk anything to get back at the animal that maimed him--including himself and every member of his crew. John Huston's adaptation of Melville's symbolic and allegorical masterpiece about one man's obsession with battling nature's most powerful creature makes beautiful use of Technicolor ... more info >>
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Moby Dick (1956)
... , and that he'll risk anything to get back at the animal that maimed him--including himself and every member of his crew. John Huston's adaptation of Melville's symbolic and allegorical masterpiece about one man's obsession with battling nature's most powerful creature makes beautiful use of Technicolor ... more info >>
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Avant Garde: Experimental Cinema 1928-1954 (1928-1954)
... ," a silent surrealist film by Sidney Peterson, based on ocular symbolism; and "The Fall of the House of Usher" by James Watson and Melville Webber, an adaptation of Edgar Alan Poe's story featuring Cubist sets. The collection also features four films by Stan Brakhage, including his first ... more info >>
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Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick - The Complete Collection
Director Osamu Dezaki fashions an imaginative retelling of Herman Melville's masterpiece with his sci-fi anime series HAKUGEI: LEGEND OF THE MOBY DICK. Set in the year 4699, the anime transplants the timeless tale to the far reaches of outer space, where the floating remains of rusty, abandoned spaceships ... more info >>
Billy Budd (1962)
Adapted from the last novel by Herman Melville, an allegory of good vs. evil in the story of a naive young man pressed into the service of the British Navy at the end of the 18th century. When the young sailor kills the ship's brutal master-at-arms, he's tried for murder. Overly serious, but a stunning ... more info >>
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Victim (1961)
In England, Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) is a married, successful lawyer--and a closet homosexual. Farr begins living in fear when a gang of murderers that killed his lover begin blackmailing him. The brave lawyer decides to track down the people who are out to get him, and seriously risks his marriage ... more info >>
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Hour of the Gun (1967)
... stars James Garner as legendary sheriff Wyatt Earp. The surviving Clanton, Ike, has Wyatt and his brothers, Virgil (Frank Converse) and Morgan (Sam Melville), and their alcoholic, gunslinger friend, Doc Holiday (Jason Robards Jr.) arrested for murder. The charges are quickly dismissed, and Virgil accepts ... more info >>
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Californians (2004)
Having brought a Herman Melville classic to the big screen with BARTLEBY, former musician Jonathan Parker fashions another literary retelling with his second directorial effort, THE CALIFORNIANS. A modern update of Henry James's THE BOSTONIANS, the film stars Noah Wyle (of ER fame) as Gavin Ransom, an ... more info >>
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