michael mcdonald voice i keep forgettin

The Night of the Hunter visuals GOAT

that film noir/fairy tale/dreamy vibe

leaaaaaaaaaaaninggggggggggg

That river sequence man

I wouldn't say all those gangster films are the precursor to noir tbh

thats an all timer shot

ehh it's a staple of most noir films, but looking from this list and others: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listof_film_noir_titles#Precursors/_early_noir-like_films
letterboxd.com/pileofcrowns/list/1000-noir-films-they-shot-dark-pictures-didnt/by/release-earliest

Great thread. In

Saw Le Cercle Rouge earlier today. Kinda felt more drawn out than needed but cool ass film. Need to see more Melville he peaks my interest

Silent films coming soon

Le Samourai is more cool as Le Cercle Rouge.

Le Doulos is cool too like Jean-Paul Belmondo

Is there any sort of soft p*** in film noir available?

Yeah I saw Le Samouraï first (and then started noticing your avi lmao) that s*** is tight I was obsessed

shades of mabuse?

Le Doulos first then the rest

sure it's gon be a long one

@sace just peeped gun for hire must see

def an obvious inspiration for melville's samouraï

Haven't seen Le Samourai. I have seen Bob the Gangster though. That and Becker's Hands Off the Loot are both wonderful. Bertolucci's The Conformist is still prob my favorite non-english noir.

bob le flambeur's ending lowkey anti climactic af. touchez pas au grisbi is cool too, kinda overlooked imo

my ranking of melville noir/policiers films: le samouraï, le doulos, le deuxième souffle, le cercle rouge, bob le flambeur and un flic (more policier than noir imo). they're all great to watch tho

i'll look in to that

Veronica Lake

is there any torrents for this?

only dirty DVDrips which I ashamedly admit to watching

I think that's kind of the point. It's very understated and subdued for a gangster film. Just a very different energy than American or Japanese mob flicks of the time.

i'll look for one myself

even the blu-ray from shout costs 23 bucks

you're definitely right.

it's a great film and the influence it had on the early 60s new wave (particularly à bout de souffle) is strong.
the way he captures the milieu of montmarte from that time is terrific. altho i kinda saw the end coming i was slightly disappointed, enjoyed the ending of subsequent films a bit more.

ending even goes back to the first scenes and even the title (the gambler). bad luck when gambling at first and also in the ending. took a gamble and lost.

i don't know why but for some reason melville hated bob le flambeur later on

gonna borrow that ginette vincendeau melville book from the library again and say i lost it and pay the damn flat fee. it's not available for sale here