French crime films of the 1950s and ’60s often centered on professional criminals who followed codes of honor that put them on a more-or-less level moral playing field with the detectives tracking them down. Whether it wasJean Gabin’s aging gangster Max inJacques Becker’sTouchez Pas au GrisbiorAlain Delon’s steely eyed assassin Jef inJean-Pierre Melville’sLe Samouraï,these men had a sophistication and moral grounding that minimized the violence and chaos they caused. They were dangerous, even deadly, but only when they needed to be and in a way the cops could wrap their heads’ around.
Fun City Editions’s new Blu-ray set, Seeing Red: 3 French Vigilante Thrillers, consists of a trio of films that play like French twists on the hyper-violent Italian poliziotteschi crime films that reached the height of their popularity in the ’70s. InJean-Claude Missiaen’sShot Pattern,...
Fun City Editions’s new Blu-ray set, Seeing Red: 3 French Vigilante Thrillers, consists of a trio of films that play like French twists on the hyper-violent Italian poliziotteschi crime films that reached the height of their popularity in the ’70s. InJean-Claude Missiaen’sShot Pattern,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
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