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In a 1997 review of the film that later appeared in his first The Great Movies collection of essays, Roger Ebert gave the film four out of four stars, writing: "Like a painter or a musician, a filmmaker can suggest complete mastery with just a few strokes. Jean-Pierre Melville involves us in the spell of Le Samourai (1967) before a word is ...
It’s a reasonable assumption, given the film’s title, although the 1967 crime classic takes place half a world away, in Paris, almost exactly a century after Japan’s samurai era came to an end.
Delon’s extraordinary appeal was crystallized in “Le Samourai.” Film scholar David Thomson described him as “the enigmatic angel of French film, only 32 in 1967, and nearly feminine. ...
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [ʒɑ̃ pjɛʁ mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker.Considered a spiritual godfather of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.
Animated film [3] Belle de jour: Luis Buñuel: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli: Drama: French-Italian co-production [4] The Champagne Murders: Claude Chabrol: Anthony Perkins, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux: Crime [5] Col cuore in gola: Tinto Brass: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ewa Aulin, Roberto Bisacco: Thriller: Italian-French co ...
Unfinished film credits of Alain Delon Year Title Role Notes Ref(s) 1962 God's Chessboard (French: L'Échiquier de Dieu) Marco Polo: The project, titled L'Échiquier de Dieu (English: God's Chessboard), materialized in 1962 with Christian-Jaque as director, Alain Delon in the role of Marco Polo, Dorothy Dandridge as Empress Zaire, and Jean Marais in the role of the father.
The earliest mention I can find about the novel is 1972; an article about Le Samurai and it doesn't cite a source either. I checked every director Jean-Pierre Melville interview I could possibly find, and he didn't mention nor discuss the source of his film.
Nathalie Delon (born Francine Canovas, also known as Nathalie Barthélémy; 1 August 1941 – 21 January 2021) was a French actress, model, film director and writer. [1] In the 1960s, Nathalie was regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world [2] and in the 1970s, she was considered a French sex symbol.