Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville: Encounters with Conscience
Philosophical meditations on the existential and moral landscape of Melville’s cinema
Le Cercle rouge
Le Cercle rouge (1970 France/Italy 140 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod: Robert Dorfmann Dir, Scr: Jean-Pierre Melville Phot: Henri Decaë Ed: Marie-Sophie Dubus Art Dir:
Bob le flambeur
This annotation previously appeared in Senses of Cinema, no. 25, Mar–Apr 2003. Bob le flambeur (1955 France 100 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: O.G.C., Studios
L’Armeé des Ombres
This annotation previously appeared in Senses of Cinema, no. 1, Dec 1999. This essay first appeared in the Treasures from the French Embassy Collection monograph,
Cinematic Cool: Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï
Le Samouraï/Frank Costello, faccia d’angelo/The Godson (1967 France/Italy 105 min) Source: Level Five Prod Co: CICC/Fida Cinematografica/Filmel/TC Productions Prod: Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier Dir: Jean-Pierre
Into the Realms of Light and Darkness: Les Enfants terribles
Les Enfants terribles/The Strange Ones (1950 France 105 mins) Source: BFI Prod Co: Melville Productions Prod, Dir, Prod Des: Jean-Pierre Melville Scr: Jean Cocteau, adapted
The Outsider Auteur? Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris by Ginette Vincendeau
In the opening pages of the aptly titled Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, Ginette Vincendeau discusses the photograph of Melville that graces her book’s