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Apologies...

By October 19, 2008January 12th, 20267 Comments

…for the very sparse post­ing of late. All sorts of inter­est­ing stuff going on; some, in fact, is rel­at­ive to, you know, mak­ing a liv­ing. All, or most, will be revealed…eventually. Tuesday will bring the “Foreign Region DVD Report” at The Auteurs’ Notebook, and things here will pick up shortly there­after. In the mean­time, enjoy this lovely, beguil­ing image from Melville’s 1956 Bob le flam­beur. Try not to think about the fact that Isabelle Corey, pic­tured, will turn 80 next May. Concentrate, if you can, on Sacre-Coeur through the window…

Bob

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7 Comments

  • thfu says:
    October 20, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    I saw this recently in a cinema retro and thought to myself: wow, is this really 1956? And you did not pick the most dar­ing shot in the movie, if I remem­ber right. But then again, it’s french …
    Beautiful film that makes Ocean’s Eleven look sterile.

  • bill says:
    October 20, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Melville was pos­sibly the greatest film­maker who has ever lived. That does­n’t mean he’s my favor­ite (though the more of his work I see, the high­er up that list he goes), but I’m not sure I’ve encountered any films that were, at the same time, both as pre­cise and as art­ful as his.

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    October 21, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Bill, you may be on to some­thing. My vote’s for Bunuel, if I have to, but you may be on to some­thing. Do check out the two new Melvilles on Criterion: the near-epic “Le Deuxieme Soufflé” and the epochal “Le Doulos” (fea­tur­ing liner notes by your truly).

  • bill says:
    October 21, 2008 at 9:53 am

    Oh, I plan to. I was very excited to see those were being released. Keep ’em com­ing, I say.

  • Rick says:
    January 30, 2010 at 10:29 am

    Just stumbled across this while look­ing for some info on this won­der­ful film. I just wanted to let you know that Isabelle did­n’t turn 80 last year. She turned 70. She was only 15 when this film was made!

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    January 30, 2010 at 11:32 am

    @ RIck: Good lord. I think I actu­ally knew that, and some Freudian/Catholic reflex com­pelled me to flub the date.

  • Steve says:
    February 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    Just watched the film for the first time last night and was struck by Melville’s will­ing­ness to linger on scenes – such as the run-through for the safe crack­ing – in a way that no dir­ect­or could afford to today. Economics and atten­tion spans would inter­cede no doubt.
    And yes, Isabelle Corey was a delect­able treat though I am a little shocked to hear she was only 15. Mon Dieu! And merci for this won­der­ful site which I also just discovered.