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  • Actors: Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Lino Ventura, Georges Poujouly
  • Directors: Louis Malle
  • Format: PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Mar 2007
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000NQRE82
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,305 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Louis Malle's debut feature. A high-ranking executive plots the perfect murder. However, his plans to dispose of his mistress's tycoon husband go awry when he is trapped in his victim's building. French dialogue with English subtitles.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars classy French film noir, 23 Jul 2007
By Nelkin (London, England) - See all my reviews
An enjoyable black-and-white French thriller from the late fifties, featuring all the usual themes of the film noir genre: love and betrayal, murder, fatalism, seedy glamour, unlikely plot twists, and so forth. It was Louis Malle's directorial debut and Jeanne Moreau's first leading role in a feature film, and was a big commercial success at the time -- neither of them looked back after this. It was also distinguished by an excellent soundtrack, composed by Miles Davis in his usual ad-hoc manner using a pick-up band of musicians he was barely even on first-name terms with. Nowadays the connection between jazz and film noir seems obvious -- a cliche, even -- but that has a lot to do with the success of this film, and the excellent marriage of music and action achieved by Miles Davis and his musicians.

For a film nearly fifty years old, I must say it has aged well, even if some of the plot devices are a bit clunky. Visually it's a treat, with very stylish camera work. I particularly like the night shots of Paris early in the film, with Jeanne Moreau wandering blindly around in the rain looking for her lover; I also enjoyed the (highly stylised) interrogation sequence near the end, which I'm sure has little resemblance to real interrogation but which captures superbly the isolation and disorientation of the male protagonist. Some people lump this film in with the Nouvelle Vague scene that became fashionable a few years later, and maybe in some respects there is a bit of a family resemblance; Malle, though, always resisted attempts to classify him as part of the Nouvelle Vague movement.

I should add that the extra features are a bit meagre compared with what we're accustomed to on DVD releases these days. There are just a couple of short interviews, one with Louis Malle's brother -- Malle himself died in 1995 -- and also one with Rene Urtreger, the pianist who played on the soundtrack. If not for the lack of bonus material, I would probably have given it five out of five, because on the whole it's quite a nice package. In short: good film, good music, well worth a viewing if you haven't seen it before.

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars LIFT TO THE SCAFFOLD, 17 Feb 2009
By H. Harriott "HOMES" (UK) - See all my reviews
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THIS IS AN ENTRUIGING STORY WITH QUITE A FEW SUB PLOTS. IT IS ABOUT A CLEVER MURDER PLOT. A BOSS KILLED BY AN EMPLOYEE AT WORK, BUT THE KILLER LEAVES A VITAL CLUE AT TRHE SCENE (THE OFFICE ABOVE HIS) WHEN THE KILLER TRIES TO GO BACK AND FIX THIS ERROR HE GETS STUCK IN THE LIFT IN HIS WORK PLACE AS HE TRIES TO GET OUT OF THE LIFT, THE BUILDING GETS LOCKED UP FOR THE WEEK END ....MEANWHILE TWO CRAZY YOUNG LOVERS DECIDE TO RUN AWAY TOGETHER AND JUST HAPPEN TO CHOOSE & STEAL HIS CAR (WITH THE MURDER WEAPON) IN THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. THEY GO ON THEIR OWN RECKLESS ROAD ADVENTURE.
ALTHOUGH THIS FRENCH MASTER PIECE ACTUALLY ALL SPOKEN IN FRENCH, (SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH) IT IS A GRIPPING FILM. ONE THE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THIS FILM IS THE SOUNDTRACK. ALL THROUGH OUT YOU GET MAGNIFICENT PIECES COMPOSED AND PLAYED BY THE LEGENDARY MILES DAVIES. THIS ADDS A FANTASTIC TOUCH TO THE FILM ....I ALSO HAVE THIS SOUNDTRACK ON CD, IT HAS VARIOUS TAKES OF THE TRACKS (MANY DIFFERENT TEMPOS) THE MUSIC JUST ADDS TO THE FEEL OF THIS FILM AND IT IS TRULY FABULOUS..
HOMES
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