Jean Pierre Melville may be well thought of by many.BUT NOT BY ME.
This film like Le Samourai & Bob L Flambeur is too detailed for its own good. What we have here is a simple heist story, that is overly written, under edited & overly directed. Mr. Melville did all three. A heist film should be approximately 100 minutes long, NOT 140 minutes long. As an editor,he should know that when you drag a scene out the suspense is lost.
Alain Delon heads an all star cast in this 1970 film. The names would have been familiar then as the cast of Oceans 13 is today. or Oceans 11 back then.(which also was a heist film & a lot more fun).
This is played as high drama without any humour. Riffifi (another heist film of the same period was far far better.)
The acting is good, the production is OK. There was very little suspense. In other words I was bored.
ratings **1/2 (out of 4) 73 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 100)
This film like Le Samourai & Bob L Flambeur is too detailed for its own good. What we have here is a simple heist story, that is overly written, under edited & overly directed. Mr. Melville did all three. A heist film should be approximately 100 minutes long, NOT 140 minutes long. As an editor,he should know that when you drag a scene out the suspense is lost.
Alain Delon heads an all star cast in this 1970 film. The names would have been familiar then as the cast of Oceans 13 is today. or Oceans 11 back then.(which also was a heist film & a lot more fun).
This is played as high drama without any humour. Riffifi (another heist film of the same period was far far better.)
The acting is good, the production is OK. There was very little suspense. In other words I was bored.
ratings **1/2 (out of 4) 73 points (out of 100) IMDb 6 (out of 100)