Jean-Pierre Melville in context

Document author(s):

Chris Peachment

Document language:

English

Document type:

program note

Number of pages:

4

Document name subject:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Related films:

• 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
• Quand tu liras cette lettre (When you read this letter) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1953
• Touchez pas au grisbi (Grisbi) — Becker, Jacques — France — 1954
• Du rififi chez les hommes (Rififi) — Dassin, Jules — France — 1955
• 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
• Le trou (The hole) — Becker, Jacques — France; Italy — 1960
• Léon Morin, prêtre (Leon Morin, priest) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1961
• Le doulos (The finger man) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1962
• L'Ainé des ferchaux (The magnet of doom) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1963
• 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 chagrin et la pitié (The sorrow and the pity) — Ophüls, Marcel — France; Germany; Switzerland — 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
• La mort en direct (Death watch) — Tavernier, Bertrand — France; Germany — 1979
• Thief — Mann, Michael — No country known — 1981
• An Unsuitable job for a woman — Petit, Chris — No country known — 1982

Film country(ies):

France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and United States

Film language(s):

English, French, German, and Italian

Film production company:

Antares Films, Belfort-Alter Films, Cinédis, Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinématographique, Corona Films, Del Duca Films, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, Films Montaigne, Films de la Saga, Les, Indusfilms, La Cyme, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, O.D.C., Play Art, Prima Film, RKO Pictures, Radio-télévision Suisse Romande, Rome Paris Films, Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, Société Nouvelle de Cinéma, Studios Jenner, Télévision Rencontre, and UGC Images France SA.

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Caper, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Feature, Film noir, Gangster, Historical, Journalism, Newsreel, Police, Prison, Sports, Thriller, and War

Film subject(s):

• Adolescence -- France -- Drama
• Adolescent psychology -- France -- Drama
• Antisemitism -- France
• Assassins -- France -- Drama
• Betrayal -- 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
• Clermont-Ferrand (France) -- History
• Crime -- France -- Drama
• Criminal investigation -- France -- Drama
• Escapes -- France -- Drama
• Faith -- Drama
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
• 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
• Le Breton, Auguste, 1913- Du rififi chez les hommes -- Film and video adaptations
• Love -- Drama
• Male friendship -- France -- 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
• Prisons -- France -- Drama
• Self-sacrifice -- Drama
• Teenagers -- France -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- France
• World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Clermont-Ferrand
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France -- Drama

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