Jean-Pierre Melville: the French connection
- Document source:
- Pacific Film Archive
- Publication date:
- 1996 May
- Document language:
- English
- Document type:
- program note
- Number of pages:
- 8
- Document name subject:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Document contains:
- bibliography, box info, and distribution co
- Related films:
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- Le silence de la mer (The silence of the sea) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1947
- The set-up — Wise, Robert — United States — 1949
- Les enfants terribles (The strange ones) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1949
- Orphée — Cocteau, Jean — France — 1950
- The asphalt jungle — Huston, John — United States — 1950
- Le journal d'un curé de campagne (Diary of a country priest) — Bresson, Robert — France — 1951
- Bob le flambeur (Bob the gambler) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1956
- Deux hommes dans Manhattan (Two men in Manhattan) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1958
- À bout de souffle (Breathless) — Godard, Jean Luc — France — 1959
- Léon Morin, prêtre (Leon Morin, priest) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1961
- Le doulos (The finger man) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1962
- Le deuxième souffle (Second breath) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1965
- Point blank — Boorman, John — No country known — 1967
- Le samouraï (The godson) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1967
- L'armee des ombres (Army of shadows) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1969
- Le cercle rouge (The red circle) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1970
- Un flic (Dirty money) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1972
- The Driver — Hill, Walter — No country known — 1978
- Film country(ies):
- France, Italy, and United States
- Film language(s):
- English and French
- Film production company:
- Belfort-Alter Films, Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinématographique, Corona Films, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, Films Montaigne, Films de la Saga, Les, La Cyme, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, O.D.C., Play Art, RKO Pictures, Rome Paris Films, Société Nouvelle de Cinéma, Studios Jenner, and UGC Images France SA.
- Film genre(s):
- Adaptation, Caper, Crime, Drama, Feature, Film noir, Gangster, Historical, Journalism, Newsreel, Police, Sports, and War
- Film subject(s):
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- Adolescence -- France -- Drama
- Adolescent psychology -- France -- Drama
- Assassins -- France -- Drama
- Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Drama
- Boxing -- United States -- Corrupt practices -- Drama
- Brothers and sisters -- France -- Drama
- Burglary -- Drama
- Burnett, W.R. (William Riley), 1899- Asphalt jungle -- Film and video adaptations
- Casinos -- France -- Drama
- Catholic converts -- France -- Drama
- Criminal investigation -- France -- Drama
- Faith -- Drama
- France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama
- French -- United States -- Drama
- Gamblers -- France -- Drama
- Gangsters -- France -- Drama
- Homosexuality -- France -- Drama
- Incest -- France -- Drama
- Jewel thieves -- France -- Drama
- Journalistic ethics -- Drama
- Journalists -- Drama
- Larceny -- France -- Drama
- Love -- Drama
- Man-woman relationships -- France -- Drama
- March, Joseph Moncure. Set-up -- Film and video adaptations
- Motion pictures -- American influence -- Drama
- Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Drama
- Narcotics dealers -- France -- Drama
- Police corruption -- France -- Drama
- Popular culture -- Drama
- Priests, Catholic -- France -- Drama
- Self-sacrifice -- Drama
- Teenagers -- France -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama
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