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Film noir master Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1966 2 hr. and 24 min. mob memoir has everything you want to leer in a Melville film: a prison flee sequence, gangland violence, wintry jazz clubs with leggy blondes, Colt .45’s, fedoras, crime bosses putting together crews to pull off large jobs (in this case 1 billion in platinum bars), an intricately planned and executed heist sequence, stakeouts, hideouts, double-crosses, betrayals, brutal interrogations interesting torture, revenge, and, most importantly, memorable characters (on both sides of the law) who live by their bear private codes.
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Its very hard to imagine what the careers of Coppola, Scorsese, Friedkin, Woo, and Tarantino (to name honest a handful of Melville’s progeny) would be were it not for the hard-hitting but chilly film noirs of Melville who provided the archetypes and templates for virtually every mob film to follow. But the pleasures of Melville’s films are many and no single filmaker that followed Melville into this genre (that he didn’t earn but that he certainly elevated) exercises his craft with as definite a hand and with as worthy integrity as Melville himself. This is due to the fact that Melville brought to the highly formulaic genre of film noir his experience as a resistance fighter in WWII and so when he puts together a abolish sequence, an interrogation sequence, or any number of sequences interesting men doing battle with their conscience and with each other there is a realism (albeit a highly stylized realism) and an authenticity that is anything but formulaic. His imitators have made tremendous films which can be appreciated and famous for their contain specific merits, but no other filmaker seems to beget this genre and the characters that inhabit it the design Melville does.
In the opening sequence Gustave “Gu” Minda (Lino Ventura: who looks like a faulty between Fellini at 65 & DeNiro at 45) breaks out of prison with the succor of two accomplices. Though a mere 46, “Gu” seems broken-down like an ancient man who can barely muster the energy or will to scale the last wall. The stark austerity of the prison with its formidable concrete walls that stretch high into the sky is like a sizable and dehumanizing labyrinth of stone and living within these walls for so many years seems to have taken the life out of him and old-fashioned him well beyond his years. One of the younger men dies when he falls from one of the walls. Once freed, the other two cruise into the woods and jump on to a appealing screech. Its a thrilling beginning, and we are holding our breath the whole blueprint. Throughout the sequence all we hear are the sounds of the men busily working to conclude each task critical to free themselves, and then, once outside the prison, all we hear are the sounds of their newly liberated feet crunching leaves on the forest floor. We feel their exhileration. The entire sequence is like a highly condensed version of Bresson’s A Man Escaped. And all before the opening credits roll.
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With this first masterful sequence we know immediately that we have been delivered into the hands of a master cinematic craftsman. At 2 and a half hours we know its going to be a long meander but we also know that there’s no better director to consume 2 and half hours with.
I bought this film along with Le Doulos. I watched Le Doulos first, and, although savory, it was fairly limited. Le Doulos is an engrossing jazz duet featuring two thinly-imagined players for the most portion and a clever and well-executed status but overall the film didn’t pack remarkable of a punch compared to the one delivered by this fully realized jazz symphony which features a cast of twelve fully realized players who are all given great mask attention and a labyrinthine spot that puts these lives into contact with each other in extremely compelling, and, more often than not, deadly ways.
The fate of the other escapee eventually does figure into the sage and in a profound draw, but this is Gu’s account. Once he finds his procedure relieve to Paris he immediately seeks out his sister Sophie Manouche. In our first see of Manouche we learn that she runs a club and while shes talking to her business partner, Jacques the Lawyer, at the clubs bar three thugs speed in and begin shooting up the situation. Manouche’s bodyguard, Alban, squeezes off a few expertly placed shots to fend them off but not before Jacques takes a bellyful of lead. This brings Inspector Bloc (Paul Meurisse, who will later appear in Melville’s masterpiece Army of Shadows) onto the scene. When Bloc begins asking questions no one’s talking, but Bloc is a cold inspector who knows how to read men as well as evidence and he knows exactly what happened, who did it, and why.
Bloc knows everyone, and he understands the code of silence that governs the underworld. He also knows how these characters operate, their signature moves, as well as what they will do before they do it. Gu may be the most eminent underworld criminal of his day and his name may declare immediate respect, but Bloc’s name is equally respected and equally feared. We know that it is only a matter of time until these two face off. That is unless the unscrupulous Inspector Fardiano (who is not so respectful of the thieves’–or any other–code of honor) doesn’t accept up with Gu first.
Meanwhile, Paul Ricci is busy putting together a team in order to pull off a major heist. Paul Ricci is acting on a tip from “Nevada” (an old-timer who wears murky shades and a stetson and drives a stout dark cadillac, all Melville signatures) who has the inside scoop on exactly when and where an armored truck will be engaging 1 billion in platinum. Paul belongs to the higher class of gangster (the kind who live by an unspoken code of honor) but Paul’s brother Jo belongs to the lower class of gangster (the kind who don’t) . Paul recruits Antoine the Gypsy and Pascal and for a fourth he attempts to hire a frigid blonde pro named Orloff who is the very model of the independent consummate professional that Melville would focus on in his next film, Le Samourai. When Orloff hears that two motorcycle cops must be dispatched he decides the job is too uncertain. Shining that Gu needs a substantial fetch expeditiously so that he can elude the everpresent Bloc and fade once and for all to Miami, Orloff passes the job on to him. Neither Orloff nor Gu trust Paul or his crew but Gu has no choice but to retract the job.
As you would question, the heist sequence, which takes location high in the mountains, is exquisitely choreographed and exquisitely shot by Melville. But, as masterful as this sequence is, its only one of several glowing scenes in this impressive film.
Highly recommended.
DVD extras: Includes archival footage of Jean-Pierre Melville (wearing murky shades) flanked by Lino Ventura and Paul Meurisse sitting at a bar together and answering questions about Le Deuxieme Souffle for a French television program. The interview lasts a mere three minutes but its very frigid to seek and hear Melville impart about the crime genre not getting the respect it deserves from the French and to hear Ventura and Meurisse discuss their parts.
One of the chief merits of this film is having Lino Ventura as star instead of the more glamorous Belmondo or Delon (Melville’s typical choices) . Ventura has no veneer. His hangdog face and stocky body give an authenticity and grittiness to it — even in the midst of the usual Melville iconography of trenchcoats, American cars, and jazz. And, unlike the other two actors, he naturally embodies the fatalism that’s a distinguished portion to this chronicle.
This is probably my common of Melville’s gangster films. It’s a gaze of loyalties (based on a modern by José Giovanni) and it has more depth than his other gangster films. Best of all, it has characters that are bright and estimable — forcing them to catch in battles of wits before they can steal in gunplay.
There’s Blot, the Police Inspector (personified by Paul Meurisse), who possesses a Sherlock Holmesian cleverness. There’s the mysterious Orloff (Pierre Zimmer) whose smooth skill seems to be a precursor to Alain Delon’s role in Melville’s next movie, LE SAMOURAÏ. And even Manouche (Christine Fabrega) is proactive altho her essential purpose is to provide an emotional center for the film.
There are many tense, entertaining episodes in this 2 hr 10 min film which do the tiresome spots that bridge them seem less like unimaginative spots.
My thanks to Criterion for making this magnificent film available. That makes 11 Jean-Pierre Melville films that I’ve seen. 3 to go.
The Criterion DVD has a detailed film commentary by Melville expert Ginette Vincendeau and British film critic Geoff Andrew. Bertrand Tavernier speaks in English of his experiences with Melville. And there’s a short allotment made on Melville at the time of this film’s production.
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