New Melvillle DVDs from Criterion
Criterion has released two new DVDs from French director, Jean-Pierre Melville: Le Doulos (1962) and Le Deuxième Souffle (1966). Read the reviews at IFC Film News.
Virtual Tour of San Francisico Noir Locales
At 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11 the San Francisco Film Society’s creative director, Miguel Pendás, will take you on a virtual tour of “the ritzy homes of the rich on Nob Hill to the sleazy dives of the working class on the Embarcadero to see where some of the classic moments of 1940s and 1950s cinema were set” and explore shooting locations of classic noirs such as Dark Passage, The Lady from Shanghai, Born to Kill, Sudden Fear, and The Maltese Falcon. Guest speaker Eddie Muller will provide an historical context and talk about his favorite San Francisco noir locations. Full Details
Yep, Tony, these two new Criterion DVDs are sitting right next to me on this computer table as I write this! LOL! I got them last week. LE DOULOS is a very effective work, that may not be teh equal of LE SAMURAI or LE CIRCLE ROUGE (as a crime film) but it is still engrossing. LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE is lesser Melville, but lesser Melville is still more interesting than some other director’s best films.
Je n’ai jamais vu ces 2 films. Par conséquent, je l’espère, de prendre les deux meilleurs titres! … Les membres de Michael Keaney’s de Blackboard ont mentionné la libération des deux titres.
dcd ;)
“Je vais bientôt entamer un long voyage et un sentiment de solitude … Il a commencé!”
Hi! Tony D’Ambra,
I will email you information about author Eddie Muller’s Film Noir Foundation Noir City 7
shortly!…But, Thank-you! for the link called….”Virtual Tour of San Francisico Noir Locales.”
dcd ;)
“Je vais bientôt entamer un long voyage et un sentiment de solitude … Il a commencé!”
Tks again dcd! Always mysterious…
> “Je vais bientôt entamer un long voyage et un
> sentiment de solitude … Il a commencé!”
Quelle est cette histoire?
Tony D’Ambra, croyez-moi il n’y a pas de l’histoire! … S’il vous plaît, croyez-moi!
DCD ;)