Le Samourai is a great hitman movie, but there is another from the same period. It's called Branded to Kill and it's from Japan. It's much more surrealistic and almost confusing, but at the same time so brilliant and very original.
@@matangox Sure, but it seemed like he was being "liberated" in that last scene. Although he lived by the discipline, I got the feeling he was getting sloppy on purpose (much like the main character from Crime and Punishment). Perhaps his demanding life choice started to make him feel like his lonely, caged pet bird?
It's always nice to watch or read something about Melville. Le Cercle Rouge, Le Doulos, Le Samourai, Leon Morin Priest and Army of Shadows are some of my all time favorites.
@@tylerdordon99 Yeah, I enjoyed it. I didn’t think he could take his minimalism any further, but he did. It was also cool to see Richard Crenna in a Melville film. Speaking of A Cop, I highly recommend the James Woods neo-noir Cop. He gives an intense unhinged performance, and it has a great Ellroy script.
@@watchoutforsnak3s Yeah I've seen it. I'll always remember that shotgun reload right at the end before it cuts to black. it had an interesting plot for its time and James woods is electric as usual.
Le Samourai influenced so much modern American ‘cool crime’ movies. Check it out when you can. It’s a near perfect movie and the atmosphere is incredible.
Sensationnel melville. Certainement le plus grand réalisateur de tous les temps. Delon exceptionnel acteur domine également le monde des acteurs. Exceptionnel cinéma français
Le Samourai is such a slick movie one of the greatest Hitman movies of all time what I love most about it though is that through all the main characters cold precision and seeming indifference there's a loneliness a real hint of tragedy behind the cold veneer.
Le Samouraï: Alain Delon's and Melville's best movie. A real masterpiece. Le Cercle Rouge is great too (starring Alain Delon, Yves Montand and Bourvil).
As a great amateur of film noir, I am fond of Melville's movie. (Bob le Flambeur / Le doulos / Le deuxième souffle / Le Samourai / Le cercle Rouge / un Flic...) There is such a specific atmosphere and I don't write that because I am French. Of course, it's nice to see the Paris of the 50's , cops and gangsters. I suppose that Melville was greatly inspired by American masterpieces like "the Asphalt Jungle" from John Huston, "The Killing" from Kubrick, "The killers" from Siodmak. By the way, if you like old French movies with gangsters, I recommand ; "touchez pas au grisbi" 1954 from Jacques Becker, "le clan des Siciliens" from Henri Verneuil ( great soundtrack of Ennio Morricone), "les tontons flingueurs" from Georges Lautner ( a funny film with gangsters...)
Tarantino is right about the french new wave taking his roots in american movies. They were all writers as critics in the magazine " Les cahiers du cinéma" and they were defending American movies and wrote how much they love them. Melville Helped Jean Luc Godard to finish Breathless. Godard was doing a Melville ganstar movie with Godard own touch.
They are film noir, Le Samourai is the definition of film noir. When other people listen about action films they expect to see the marvel trash movies .
Don’t stop guys, keep passive-aggressively arguing about things that are ultimately opinion-based. Tarantino will decide who has the best opinion in the universe and give them a million nostalgia-credits to spend on movie poster tshirts.
The irony of Tarantino talking about Melville is, he never mentions the three world war 2 films he made, and Army Of Shadows is his best film. No doubt part of the reason why is he was in the French resistance during the war.
Another typical movie comment-section narcissist so desperate to assert the sense of dominance that they struggle to manifest in the real world… God help you and the rest of ‘em.
Melville avait vu 80 fois le coup de l escalier de robert wise il aimait le cinema americain et dans ses films il y a des lieux désertique comme dans le film de wise
"Melville is the Godard I didn't grow out of" So lack of trenchcoats and stylization over ideas and formal genius is what makes Tarantino "grow out of" your movies. Tarantino growing out of your movies must be the best compliment ever then
Funy, during the whole video I was thinking about Army of Shadows, which is not a gangster film of Melville but...can be seen in the very last images of the video. And truly, Army of Shadows is the ultimate film about French resistance probably because it treats is as if it was a gangster film. As fat as I am concerned, I have trouble chosing between Le Samourai, le Cercle rouge and l'armée des ombres.
2:50 oh wow well done for telling the truth Quentin and nicely spoken too. pity about your last movie though (another selfish movie by you) instead of making a kill bill or a reservoir dogs you made a heapa holywood shit
You only need to watch Tarantino's films to recognise that his contention that you only need to be a film fan to make a good film is untrue. When Melville copied it was hommage in its true sense, a respectful nod to films he admired, so the title theme music to 'Odds Against Tomorrow' is reinterpreted by Eric Demarsan in 'Le Cercle Rouge', not simply copied. What Tarantino does is *not* hommage, it is copy & paste, the result being a hotchpotch of images & music that those who are unfamiliar with the films he has taken them from will assume are his *own ideas* Having seen Melville's films several times over, oddly enough it's his weakest & final film 'Un Flic' that seems to exemplify his work. I watched it again recently & it has a dreamlike atmosphere that is remarkable, I enjoyed it a lot more than the formal & rather pedestrian 'Le Samourai'. Tarantino is incorrect in any case, watch 'Odds Against Tomorrow' & 'The Asphalt Jungle' ( neither made by Warner Bros & very different from the Cagney & Bogart gangster films ), the two films Melville cites as major inspirations & they really are not that different stylistically from the likes of 'Le Doulos' & 'Bob Le Flambeur'.
Also Melville the wrong poster boy for love of cinema being enough to make great movies. Given a camcorder by his dad he was self taught - but meticulously in a little studio/ sets he built himself. Initially used only film cut - offs as couldn't afford reels. Inspiration yes but largely perspiration.
"Melville is the Godard I haven't grown out of." Interesting, Tarantino has soured on Godard? He named his production company after a Godard film, that's big if true.
Yeah apparently Godard had a less than kind things to say about QT and made fun of the production company name -tribute. He soured on Altman too for similar reasons
He "grew out of" the precedents Godard set, because they don't seem novel anymore even though he still owes a huge debt to them which makes him an ingrate. Not anything else that makes Godard great, which he never got in the first place
Melville transcends his influences. The difference between the "pop orientalism" in Samourai/Rouge & Kill Bill. Tarantino had to go back to his childhood to do something totally "new" (OUATIH.)
Why does everyone expect filmmakers, even accomplished ones, to be intellectuals? Tarantino is not an intellectual yet his acolytes and general film fans think he is. Same is true for David Lynch. He's more like a folk artist who says very little yet people hinge on their every word like there's some kind of deep wisdom. The wisdom is in the art itself. Tarantino has a kind of photographic memory of film and he can dazzle you with facts and details, but I'd never expect his takes to have particularly edifying insight philosophically. I think Tarantino's "take" here clearly indicates that he really doesn't know what to say. I think he understands Melville at an intuitive level that he can't articulate.
@OuterGalaxyLounge spot on. And directors are often the worst at analyzing their own work, and some of course refuse to do it altogether (lynch, coen brothers). They make the work, and it's up to us to make heads or tails out of it
Hell yeah, you could say it for a few films or directors, first film or shorts, fµck you could even say that for Breathless to a certain extend (Godard was known to be a very good technician, the best among New Wave apparently), but Melville is like one of the most precise technicians there is in all History of French cinema..
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Melville's Le Samourai is still my favorite hitman movie of all time. Just so so stylish and so good.
I don't think I got it too well. [SPOILERS]
He *wanted* to die, is that it?
he had to die to protect his lover @@dr.juerdotitsgo5119
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 no, he was living ready to die at any moment, like a real Samurai embracing death whenever it comes.
Le Samourai is a great hitman movie, but there is another from the same period. It's called Branded to Kill and it's from Japan. It's much more surrealistic and almost confusing, but at the same time so brilliant and very original.
@@matangox Sure, but it seemed like he was being "liberated" in that last scene.
Although he lived by the discipline, I got the feeling he was getting sloppy on purpose (much like the main character from Crime and Punishment). Perhaps his demanding life choice started to make him feel like his lonely, caged pet bird?
QT giving advise like a supportive mom
Yes, and we love him for it.🥰😉
It's always nice to watch or read something about Melville. Le Cercle Rouge, Le Doulos, Le Samourai, Leon Morin Priest and Army of Shadows are some of my all time favorites.
Un flic is underrated.
@@tylerdordon99 Yeah, I enjoyed it. I didn’t think he could take his minimalism any further, but he did. It was also cool to see Richard Crenna in a Melville film. Speaking of A Cop, I highly recommend the James Woods neo-noir Cop. He gives an intense unhinged performance, and it has a great Ellroy script.
@@watchoutforsnak3s Yeah I've seen it. I'll always remember that shotgun reload right at the end before it cuts to black. it had an interesting plot for its time and James woods is electric as usual.
Never seen any of these but these shots all look incredible
Le Samourai influenced so much modern American ‘cool crime’ movies. Check it out when you can. It’s a near perfect movie and the atmosphere is incredible.
Its most notable influence would have to be Taxi Driver@@burningtime617
His films are amazing
Just finished Le Samurai last night. Every scene is a work of art.
Le samouraï
Le cercle rouge
❤❤❤❤
Sensationnel melville. Certainement le plus grand réalisateur de tous les temps. Delon exceptionnel acteur domine également le monde des acteurs. Exceptionnel cinéma français
Le Cercle Rouge is one of the greatest films I've ver seen.
Indeed.
Le Samourai is such a slick movie one of the greatest Hitman movies of all time what I love most about it though is that through all the main characters cold precision and seeming indifference there's a loneliness a real hint of tragedy behind the cold veneer.
And the charisma of Delon did so much too..
I swoon for Melville's Paris even more than Truffaut's Paris.
It is my Paris.
I personally love "Bob Lee Flambleur" and "Lee Samourai" 2:18
Et lee Bruce.😀
Le Samouraï: Alain Delon's and Melville's best movie. A real masterpiece.
Le Cercle Rouge is great too (starring Alain Delon, Yves Montand and Bourvil).
L'Armée des Ombres and Le Second Souffle are his best in my opinion, but your picks are great also.
Master Class from Jean Pierre Melville.
Belmondo, such a badass
As a great amateur of film noir, I am fond of Melville's movie. (Bob le Flambeur / Le doulos / Le deuxième souffle / Le Samourai / Le cercle Rouge / un Flic...) There is such a specific atmosphere and I don't write that because I am French. Of course, it's nice to see the Paris of the 50's , cops and gangsters. I suppose that Melville was greatly inspired by American masterpieces like "the Asphalt Jungle" from John Huston, "The Killing" from Kubrick, "The killers" from Siodmak.
By the way, if you like old French movies with gangsters, I recommand ; "touchez pas au grisbi" 1954 from Jacques Becker, "le clan des Siciliens" from Henri Verneuil ( great soundtrack of Ennio Morricone), "les tontons flingueurs" from Georges Lautner ( a funny film with gangsters...)
Becker's Le Trou if you like Melville's crisp precision!
One of the best videos of Chanal.
well done on that montage at the end
To me the best Melville movie ( I didn't watch the Doulos) is The army of shadows.
Agreed
Le Samourai is a masterpiece
QT mostly right on target about this filmmaker and his films.Manages to be starry-eyed and sober at once in his assessments.
Thanks QT & JWBS
Melville was a master. My favorite film of all time is Bob Le Flambeur. It is so dripping with style it’s unbelievable.
Tarantino is right about the french new wave taking his roots in american movies. They were all writers as critics in the magazine " Les cahiers du cinéma" and they were defending American movies and wrote how much they love them. Melville Helped Jean Luc Godard to finish Breathless. Godard was doing a Melville ganstar movie with Godard own touch.
I think of Melville's work largely as glacially slow action films. Love it.
They are film noir, Le Samourai is the definition of film noir. When other people listen about action films they expect to see the marvel trash movies .
@@dora1980 Le Cercle Rouge is a better example.
@@jeremyhopkins577 I haven't watched this.
Don’t stop guys, keep passive-aggressively arguing about things that are ultimately opinion-based. Tarantino will decide who has the best opinion in the universe and give them a million nostalgia-credits to spend on movie poster tshirts.
@@dora1980who said anything about marvel? Do you think Scorsese is going read your comment and send you a million dollars? Pretentious asshat
Never heard of Melville before. Thanks
I wish I had QT's total recall of every film I'd ever seen.
Love the way he says Alain Delon
Absolutely love Melville's movies.
Le Samouraï, Le cercle rouge ❤❤❤❤
Melville was French New Wave before the New Wave broke. See Bob the Gambler
The irony of Tarantino talking about Melville is, he never mentions the three world war 2 films he made, and Army Of Shadows is his best film. No doubt part of the reason why is he was in the French resistance during the war.
I dont follow. Whats ironic about that?
Yeah and? The subject is crime movies.
Another typical movie comment-section narcissist so desperate to assert the sense of dominance that they struggle to manifest in the real world…
God help you and the rest of ‘em.
Firstly, you don't know how to stay on topic. Secondly, you don't know what word 'irony' means.
🤓🤓🤓very ironic
Melville is fuckin awesome.
Melville avait vu 80 fois le coup de l escalier de robert wise il aimait le cinema americain et dans ses films il y a des lieux désertique comme dans le film de wise
Tarantino on Herman Melville next?
0:53 hey, there's that *Blade Runner* tile again!
"Melville is the Godard I didn't grow out of" So lack of trenchcoats and stylization over ideas and formal genius is what makes Tarantino "grow out of" your movies. Tarantino growing out of your movies must be the best compliment ever then
Funy, during the whole video I was thinking about Army of Shadows, which is not a gangster film of Melville but...can be seen in the very last images of the video. And truly, Army of Shadows is the ultimate film about French resistance probably because it treats is as if it was a gangster film. As fat as I am concerned, I have trouble chosing between Le Samourai, le Cercle rouge and l'armée des ombres.
Did QT ever comment on Blue Spring?
Le Samourai is like Fincher's The Killer, but good.
Exactly😅
The Samurai was made by Melville in the 1960s.
Fincher definetely took a character's apperance from Le Samourai
No, The Killer is like Le Samourai, not the opposite.
The Killer just didn’t work. I was yawning 5 minutes in. Reminded me of all that ASMR silliness.
That Paris is long gone. Now it's a cesspool.
Nonsense.
@@jungbolosse3034no, he's right !! Unfortunately
4:54 What movie is this? Looks like the spitting image of Timothée Chalamet!
VIVE ALAIN DELON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4:10
4:30 Quentin sounds exactly like Woody Allen for 20 seconds
Le Doulous was great.
Quentin is RIGHT
2:50 oh wow well done for telling the truth Quentin and nicely spoken too. pity about your last movie though (another selfish movie by you) instead of making a kill bill or a reservoir dogs you made a heapa holywood shit
You only need to watch Tarantino's films to recognise that his contention that you only need to be a film fan to make a good film is untrue. When Melville copied it was hommage in its true sense, a respectful nod to films he admired, so the title theme music to 'Odds Against Tomorrow' is reinterpreted by Eric Demarsan in 'Le Cercle Rouge', not simply copied. What Tarantino does is *not* hommage, it is copy & paste, the result being a hotchpotch of images & music that those who are unfamiliar with the films he has taken them from will assume are his *own ideas*
Having seen Melville's films several times over, oddly enough it's his weakest & final film 'Un Flic' that seems to exemplify his work. I watched it again recently & it has a dreamlike atmosphere that is remarkable, I enjoyed it a lot more than the formal & rather pedestrian 'Le Samourai'.
Tarantino is incorrect in any case, watch 'Odds Against Tomorrow' & 'The Asphalt Jungle' ( neither made by Warner Bros & very different from the Cagney & Bogart gangster films ), the two films Melville cites as major inspirations & they really are not that different stylistically from the likes of 'Le Doulos' & 'Bob Le Flambeur'.
Also Melville the wrong poster boy for love of cinema being enough to make great movies. Given a camcorder by his dad he was self taught - but meticulously in a little studio/ sets he built himself. Initially used only film cut - offs as couldn't afford reels. Inspiration yes but largely perspiration.
Exactly
Melville is god
anagram for "Baker Street" of the World's Best Detective Sherlock Holmes (a fictional character) Peace Next
"Melville is the Godard I haven't grown out of." Interesting, Tarantino has soured on Godard? He named his production company after a Godard film, that's big if true.
Yeah apparently Godard had a less than kind things to say about QT and made fun of the production company name -tribute. He soured on Altman too for similar reasons
@@johndoderino2609 Well, Godard soured on Bergmann after some rude comments as well
@rockinresurrection6542 oh he was thin skinned as well for sure. Had a falling out with Truffaut too, no?
He "grew out of" the precedents Godard set, because they don't seem novel anymore even though he still owes a huge debt to them which makes him an ingrate. Not anything else that makes Godard great, which he never got in the first place
@@johndoderino2609 Yes, he soured on about everyone in his life at one point or another. Lol.
a far better film maker than Tarantino. He doesn't seem to know that much about Melville.
Melville transcends his influences. The difference between the "pop orientalism" in Samourai/Rouge & Kill Bill. Tarantino had to go back to his childhood to do something totally "new" (OUATIH.)
3:13
I love how everything seems to turn around america 😂 French never waited on usa to have their own gangster tho
Tiens ! Quand la France faisait encore des choses biens ! Aujourd'hui le cinéma français est mort... Y pas que ça qui meurt en France d'ailleurs.
Jean-Pierre Melville > Quentin Tarantino.
Bah
2:33 The dumbest take on Melville I've heard.
No idea what he was trying to to say here...
Why does everyone expect filmmakers, even accomplished ones, to be intellectuals? Tarantino is not an intellectual yet his acolytes and general film fans think he is. Same is true for David Lynch. He's more like a folk artist who says very little yet people hinge on their every word like there's some kind of deep wisdom. The wisdom is in the art itself. Tarantino has a kind of photographic memory of film and he can dazzle you with facts and details, but I'd never expect his takes to have particularly edifying insight philosophically. I think Tarantino's "take" here clearly indicates that he really doesn't know what to say. I think he understands Melville at an intuitive level that he can't articulate.
@@OuterGalaxyLounge
And what intellectual, do you think does bring such philosophically edifying insight, into cinema?
@OuterGalaxyLounge spot on. And directors are often the worst at analyzing their own work, and some of course refuse to do it altogether (lynch, coen brothers). They make the work, and it's up to us to make heads or tails out of it
Hell yeah, you could say it for a few films or directors, first film or shorts, fµck you could even say that for Breathless to a certain extend (Godard was known to be a very good technician, the best among New Wave apparently), but Melville is like one of the most precise technicians there is in all History of French cinema..
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