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The Studio Canal Collection presents... A perfect combination of the Hollywood heist film and Melville’s trademark existentialism, Le Cercle Rouge is a masterful study of the French Underworld. Alain Delon stars as an aristocratic master-thief who joins forces with a fugitive and an alcoholic ex-cop in order to carry out the ultimate robbery in this uniquely stylish Gallic film noir.
Special features:
- Introduction by Ginette Vincendeau
- Code Name: Melville
- Interview Bernard Stora
- Interview José Giovanni
- Interview Rui Nogueira
- Trailer
Special features:
- Introduction by Ginette Vincendeau
- Code Name: Melville
- Interview Bernard Stora
- Interview José Giovanni
- Interview Rui Nogueira
- Trailer
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The film begins with a Buddhist epigraph: Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever their diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle." Not surprisingly, this epigraph does not exist.
>>>Some of the best French films are screen adaptations of American crime fiction and noir movies, what the French call films policiers. I'm thinking of René Clément's "Plein Soleil" (from Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr Ripley"), Truffault's "Shoot the Piano Player" based on the David Goodis novel "Down There"), Dominique Molle's "With a Friend like Harry," a clever take-off of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," and any number of Jean-Pierre Melville's film noir thrillers. The Criterion release of Melville's "Le Cercle rouge" affords us the chance to see the best French film noir since Jules Dassin's 1955 "Rififi chez les hommes," and to realize that though there are affinities with American film noir, the French films are a different breed, due not only to their settings and the era they were made (most ten or so years after the heyday of American noir) but also because of a certain reticence, a reluctance on the part of the protagonist to think about himself, to put himself before the job at hand.<<<end of quotation by Tony McRae.
Le Cercle rouge is a 1970 crime film set in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Cast: Alain Delon - Corey, Bourvil - Le Commissaire Mattei, Gian Maria Volonté - Vogel, Yves Montand - Jansen, Paul Crauchet - Le Receleur, Paul Amiot - Le chef de la police, François Périer - Santi.... Read more ›
>>>Some of the best French films are screen adaptations of American crime fiction and noir movies, what the French call films policiers. I'm thinking of René Clément's "Plein Soleil" (from Patricia Highsmith's "The Talented Mr Ripley"), Truffault's "Shoot the Piano Player" based on the David Goodis novel "Down There"), Dominique Molle's "With a Friend like Harry," a clever take-off of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," and any number of Jean-Pierre Melville's film noir thrillers. The Criterion release of Melville's "Le Cercle rouge" affords us the chance to see the best French film noir since Jules Dassin's 1955 "Rififi chez les hommes," and to realize that though there are affinities with American film noir, the French films are a different breed, due not only to their settings and the era they were made (most ten or so years after the heyday of American noir) but also because of a certain reticence, a reluctance on the part of the protagonist to think about himself, to put himself before the job at hand.<<<end of quotation by Tony McRae.
Le Cercle rouge is a 1970 crime film set in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Cast: Alain Delon - Corey, Bourvil - Le Commissaire Mattei, Gian Maria Volonté - Vogel, Yves Montand - Jansen, Paul Crauchet - Le Receleur, Paul Amiot - Le chef de la police, François Périer - Santi.... Read more ›
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Cineman
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
One of Jean-Pierre Melville's classic American influenced atmospheric French gangster films, this features Alain Delon with veteran stars Andre Bourvil and Yves Montand. Culminating in a beautifully staged diamond heist, Delon, as a criminal recently released from jail, delivers a fine performance in the almost emotionless and minimally expressive manner which epitomises his three Melville films. However, Delon is such a gifted actor that a flicker of the eyes or an almost imperceptible facial movement can convey huge meaning.
As with most Studio Canal releases, the print quality and sound are of a very high standard. This is the only distributor to have released even a minimally representative selection of Alain Delon's films in subtitled versions in the UK and Le Cercle Rouge can be bought individually or as part of a Jean-Pierre Melville boxset. Well worth buying either or both.
It is to be hoped that Studio Canal will continue to release more Delon films. Many titles are available direct from France, of course, but without English subtitles.
Some Delon films are as yet unavailable anywhere on DVD which is difficult to understand given his longstanding international popularity. Let's hope Studio Canal releases these and other titles in the UK.
Le Cercle Rouge ranks among Melville's best work, this copy is excellent, it deserves five stars.
As with most Studio Canal releases, the print quality and sound are of a very high standard. This is the only distributor to have released even a minimally representative selection of Alain Delon's films in subtitled versions in the UK and Le Cercle Rouge can be bought individually or as part of a Jean-Pierre Melville boxset. Well worth buying either or both.
It is to be hoped that Studio Canal will continue to release more Delon films. Many titles are available direct from France, of course, but without English subtitles.
Some Delon films are as yet unavailable anywhere on DVD which is difficult to understand given his longstanding international popularity. Let's hope Studio Canal releases these and other titles in the UK.
Le Cercle Rouge ranks among Melville's best work, this copy is excellent, it deserves five stars.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By 3inarow
Format:DVD
A classic heist movie from a master of French cinema. Some outstanding performances but the highlight is the heist sequence itself which is carried out entirely without dialogue.
Supported by some excellent extras which give some background not only on the film but on Melville's film career.
Supported by some excellent extras which give some background not only on the film but on Melville's film career.
By Pieter
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
One of the best French movies of all time....
.. with a nice booklet (in French) an a strange French disc case.
Everything very French....
.. with a nice booklet (in French) an a strange French disc case.
Everything very French....
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