Mélodie en sous-sol (Verneuil, 1963): Cine Lumiere, 2pm
Chicago Reader review:
A thwarted caper film in the vein of Melville’s Bob le flambeur and Kubrick’s The Killing,
Henri Verneuil’s 1963 feature stars Jean Gabin, the avatar of
world-weary criminality, in one of his finest roles. Fresh out of
prison, he enlists a former cell mate (Alain Delon) in a daring plan to
rob a casino on the Riviera. Though the film was an international hit,
Verneuil’s conventional narrative style attracted the scorn of the
French New Wave. Forty years later it stands as a well-crafted noir with
a long, tautly executed heist and a protracted denouement that’s even
more engrossing.
Joshua Katzman
Here (and above) is the trailer.
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