I love the scene where the woman looks over to him. It’s so powerful. The director gives us a hint, with the music becoming a bit playful, that there might be a little flirt or romance going on. But all you can see is Delon through a rainy window, telling the viewer that he is indeed an unreachable individual with a wall around him
You have a great talent for reading subtext. I'm not a total philistine or moron but I wish I was as perceptive as you. I've always had an appreciation for avant-garde films though, obviously. Lol
Well, Jeff is a professional, he has things attend to. LOL! I like that the scene shows the woman is beautiful and elegant and probably belongs to a higher society but she is drawn to bad boys. And it’s all done very economically in a few seconds with music and the woman and Jeff looking at each other without any explanation or dialogue.
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Not gonna lie, it's not terrible, but it's certainly my least favorite Melville film. Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, and Le Silence de la Mer take the cake for me.
Absolutely! I guess especially the smiling death of Delon and the plot designs are landmarks of world cinema.. Undoubtedly Melville is better than Truffaut
I love this film and its style so much that I went out and got the Burberry trench, the black overcoat, and a grey fedora, and I sometimes wear them around Paris. Older people sometimes understand the homage. If I could just get someone to film me jumping off the moving sidewalk at Chatelet.
Well great going dude now you've forced my hand I can not go back to Paris without a burbbery trench next time. And those cost alot too. Probably have to skip the fedora people my age aren't allowed those anymore. But damn how I miss walking around the streets of Paris. This film captures the very essence of what makes those gloomy wonderful streets so nice and grounded to be in so that you're compelled to feel every moment as it comes presently and appreciate it, with little to nothing to actively engage you in doing so. Just the cold, cracked sidewalks and pattiseries in every street, and crazy drivers, and the quiet reservedness that characterises its city people.
@@peteglanton9259 He denied it?! That's insane. It's impossible to make a film in that genre and not have been influenced, either directly or indirectly by this film.
I alway's liked Alain Delon. He was not only A Beautiful looking man but could really act as well ! This is my favorite scene in the movie. When Delon steals the car and he and the pretty lady in the other car check each other out for a moment at a stoplight. The music is so fitting for the scene. Great classic movie by Director Jean Pierre Melville. Thanks for the upload ! :)
Le Samouraï is an absolute masterpiece of cinema, the greatest movie of all time. Alain Delon gave one of the greatest performances of all time. Jean-Pierre Melville did an absolute incredible job as a director. Their duo is legendary. Character, story, music, aesthetic, cinematography, style. This film is so perfect, art at its purest.
This is just a set of banal compliments with no formal insight into why it is an "absolute masterpiece of cinema." Why should we all see any value in your opinion in particular? I keep seeing vapid compliments like this on youtube these days, comments like this - just wanking over the subject matter of the video, splurging on it. I learned absolutely nothing from this comment, it is just the drawn out equivalent of a thumbs up, a functionality which youtube has provided with the "like" button.
OMG I'm in love with Jean-Pierre Melville. This story lay buried deep in his heart from childhood. The way he pitched it to screen legend Delon--and Delon's reaction--is gut-wrenching itself and leaves you with a burning respect for both men. Beautiful craftsmanship. Minimalism. The coolest noir.
Is there an article or an account somewhere online of how Melville pitched it to Delon and what his reaction was? I've been looking but I can't find it.
@@artbeaugeard1900I could only find a mention of it on IMDB and Criterion. Criterion: "You can imagine Melville’s rapture (a spiritual condition, not just professional satisfaction) when he outlined the story to Delon, only to be interrupted by the actor after ten minutes with, “This story has no dialogue so far-I will do it.” And then, finally, in mute recognition of kindred feelings of honor, Delon revealed his own room to Melville, with a samurai sword as its only piece of decor and its omen of fate" Imdb: When Jean-Pierre Melville brought a copy of the script to Alain Delon, Delon asked him what the title was. When he was told the title was "Le samouraï", Delon had Melville follow him to his bedroom, where there was only a leather couch and a samurai blade hanging on the wall.
I watched this film in the late 1970's, maybe close to early 1980's, with my neighbour and friend Sameer at their house, in South C Nairobi, on Rumi Road. Sameer's father is Ali Kader whom I write of once before. He used to like driving Renault cars. Anyway, the actor in this film is Alain Delon who also starred in the film Borsalino and Co. Which I also watched with Sameer at his house on video, VHS around the same time. Though I have watched this film then, I hardly remember it, I only remember the starting scene with the many keys, and the ending scene with the African woman singer when Alain Delon is shot in the back. I remember remarking to Sameer then that many of these films have so much violence. Anyway this film came up again recently, through a photographer whose work I was looking at and reading his blog, in which he was praising this film for the cinematography and scenes in Paris, especially in the alleys and Metro. The cinematography is phenomenal. Look at the scenes, the framing, the composition, the visual mood. So beautiful and artistic visual scenes. I have to look for this film and watch it again now to study it closely. I don't think films are made with such sensibility and aesthetics nowadays, it seems psychology has changed so much.
Each scene from his movies have an unmatched modernity that you meet nowhere. Through this scene you can practically see his pores it gives you the illusion that you’re in the car with him .. such power no words needed
I just watched this film, and I absolutely love it!!! I've purchased a few Criterion Blu-Rays of classic cinema, and I look forward to many more. Thank you, Criterion, for all that you do! Vive Le Cinema!!
guys I didn't understand this movie! why would he threaten the pianist at the end if he wasn't gonna kill her?! and did she fall in love with him or what?
He wanted the police to kill him because he was miserable and his life was empty. He was maybe a soldier or something, and now cannot relate to his girlfriend or anybody else and is a broken man. The piano girl was told not to recognise him by a boss at the club who ordered the murder. She also is bored with life and doesn't really care about life or death, so she is curious about the Samourai and wants to talk to him.
Today (August 18, 2024), this man is dead. He was my favorite actor and it's my favorite scene in the entire cinema.
May he rest in heavenly peace.
Au revoir samouraï ❤😢😢
did you kill him off? 😮
Highly stylized and poetic images in a bleak environment. Le Samouraï is the ultimate modern gangster masterpiece.
RIP Alain Delon
@paul w it is a movie about loneliness
More down to camera set-up, lighting, favoured by the director,Mervillve.
Gangster?
*neo-noir
@@muymaglaya4354 polar
In Greece the title of this film is The Killer with an angel face. May God rest your soul Alain Delon.
Formidable cette scène avec les clés 👌 Et Alain Delon toujours aussi charismatique et ténébreux. Repose en paix 😢
RiP Alain Delon 🌹
Merci pour votre incroyable talent 🌾.
I love the scene where the woman looks over to him. It’s so powerful. The director gives us a hint, with the music becoming a bit playful, that there might be a little flirt or romance going on. But all you can see is Delon through a rainy window, telling the viewer that he is indeed an unreachable individual with a wall around him
You have a great talent for reading subtext. I'm not a total philistine or moron but I wish I was as perceptive as you. I've always had an appreciation for avant-garde films though, obviously. Lol
Well, Jeff is a professional, he has things attend to. LOL! I like that the scene shows the woman is beautiful and elegant and probably belongs to a higher society but she is drawn to bad boys. And it’s all done very economically in a few seconds with music and the woman and Jeff looking at each other without any explanation or dialogue.
The movie that introduced me to his otherworldly cool and impeccable style. Easily one of the most striking to grace the big screen.
Criterion has been one of the best things to ever happen to me in my life. I would have never known Stalker, Being There, Taste of Cherry, Tampopo, Wild Strawberries, Memories of Murder, Persona, and so many other incredible films that have meant so much to my life. Thank you Criterion.
Tampopo is 🔥
You should watch 'Mr. Klein', a masterpiece.
do you think cinemagoers in the 60s while watching this thought "c'est literally me"
C'est littéralement moi.
RIP Alain Delon
litteralement moi
litteralement moi
i wish you zoomers would quit with the literally in every fukin sentence 😂
he's LITERALLY me
Us
FR
Pourquoi
Υπότιτλοι Ελληνικά 1:49
me.
Melville and Delon are such a great duo!
I've been OD on AD ever since I found him in May. France's finest contribution to humanity.
Rest in peace Alain Delon, lived a well fulfilled life.
I've heard of this film for a long time and finally seen it - now I can see why so many people rave over it. What an incredible film!
Not gonna lie, it's not terrible, but it's certainly my least favorite Melville film. Le Cercle Rouge, Army of Shadows, and Le Silence de la Mer take the cake for me.
@@IAssassinII Yet his true masterpiece is Le Deuxième Souffle
Absolutely! I guess especially the smiling death of Delon and the plot designs are landmarks of world cinema.. Undoubtedly Melville is better than Truffaut
@@IAssassinIIArmy of Shadows made me cry.
I love this film and its style so much that I went out and got the Burberry trench, the black overcoat, and a grey fedora, and I sometimes wear them around Paris. Older people sometimes understand the homage. If I could just get someone to film me jumping off the moving sidewalk at Chatelet.
a man of culture!
This made my day. Thank you.
Brilliant comment! You even mentioned one of my favourites moments in the film!
Well great going dude now you've forced my hand I can not go back to Paris without a burbbery trench next time. And those cost alot too. Probably have to skip the fedora people my age aren't allowed those anymore. But damn how I miss walking around the streets of Paris. This film captures the very essence of what makes those gloomy wonderful streets so nice and grounded to be in so that you're compelled to feel every moment as it comes presently and appreciate it, with little to nothing to actively engage you in doing so. Just the cold, cracked sidewalks and pattiseries in every street, and crazy drivers, and the quiet reservedness that characterises its city people.
You can see the influence of this film on Seven. These shots are echoes of the rainy car scenes in that film.
And also it is most noticeable on Nicolas Winding Refn's neo-noir film Drive (2011)
influence,on taxi driver,de Niro, scenes indoors at home,Jim jarmusch, Samurai movie.
"rainy car" is a nice phrase you coined, an evocative description.
Definitely on Drive - although the director denies it, it’s very obvious I think.
@@peteglanton9259 He denied it?! That's insane. It's impossible to make a film in that genre and not have been influenced, either directly or indirectly by this film.
I alway's liked Alain Delon. He was not only A Beautiful looking man but could really act as well ! This is my favorite scene in the movie. When Delon steals the car and he and the pretty lady in the other car check each other out for a moment at a stoplight. The music is so fitting for the scene. Great classic movie by Director Jean Pierre Melville. Thanks for the upload ! :)
RIP Alain Delon 🌹 Legend
Le Samouraï is an absolute masterpiece of cinema, the greatest movie of all time. Alain Delon gave one of the greatest performances of all time. Jean-Pierre Melville did an absolute incredible job as a director. Their duo is legendary. Character, story, music, aesthetic, cinematography, style. This film is so perfect, art at its purest.
This is just a set of banal compliments with no formal insight into why it is an "absolute masterpiece of cinema." Why should we all see any value in your opinion in particular? I keep seeing vapid compliments like this on youtube these days, comments like this - just wanking over the subject matter of the video, splurging on it. I learned absolutely nothing from this comment, it is just the drawn out equivalent of a thumbs up, a functionality which youtube has provided with the "like" button.
@@jamesboulger8705 quisiera que dieras un ejemplo para entender en profundidad la película
Go touch grass, James
@@jamesboulger8705☝️🤓
'Mr. Klein' is Alain Delon's best performance IMO.
RIP Alain Delon
Saddened to hear the loss of this devastatingly handsome and talented French cinema icon.
OMG I'm in love with Jean-Pierre Melville. This story lay buried deep in his heart from childhood. The way he pitched it to screen legend Delon--and Delon's reaction--is gut-wrenching itself and leaves you with a burning respect for both men. Beautiful craftsmanship. Minimalism. The coolest noir.
Is there an article or an account somewhere online of how Melville pitched it to Delon and what his reaction was? I've been looking but I can't find it.
@@artbeaugeard1900I could only find a mention of it on IMDB and Criterion.
Criterion:
"You can imagine Melville’s rapture (a spiritual condition, not just professional satisfaction) when he outlined the story to Delon, only to be interrupted by the actor after ten minutes with, “This story has no dialogue so far-I will do it.” And then, finally, in mute recognition of kindred feelings of honor, Delon revealed his own room to Melville, with a samurai sword as its only piece of decor and its omen of fate"
Imdb:
When Jean-Pierre Melville brought a copy of the script to Alain Delon, Delon asked him what the title was. When he was told the title was "Le samouraï", Delon had Melville follow him to his bedroom, where there was only a leather couch and a samurai blade hanging on the wall.
I think I have watched this film 300 times😆 its a flawless masterpiece
Personal favourite of mine too.
That soundtrack tho, it sets the atmospheric tone for the entire movie
RIP Le Samourai
Descansa en paz leyenda
Какие-то секунды, а захватывает дыхание! Интрига, жесткий юмор и великолепная игра! Браво!!!!!!!
WOW !! Who is this Gorgeous hunk of man and he can also act ? ......I know it's Alain Delon. Love this movie. LOVE HIM ! 💗💗
I have seen this movie in the past but its music has always remained in my mind❤️
I watched this film in the late 1970's, maybe close to early 1980's, with my neighbour and friend Sameer at their house, in South C Nairobi, on Rumi Road. Sameer's father is Ali Kader whom I write of once before. He used to like driving Renault cars.
Anyway, the actor in this film is Alain Delon who also starred in the film Borsalino and Co. Which I also watched with Sameer at his house on video, VHS around the same time.
Though I have watched this film then, I hardly remember it, I only remember the starting scene with the many keys, and the ending scene with the African woman singer when Alain Delon is shot in the back.
I remember remarking to Sameer then that many of these films have so much violence.
Anyway this film came up again recently, through a photographer whose work I was looking at and reading his blog, in which he was praising this film for the cinematography and scenes in Paris, especially in the alleys and Metro.
The cinematography is phenomenal. Look at the scenes, the framing, the composition, the visual mood. So beautiful and artistic visual scenes.
I have to look for this film and watch it again now to study it closely. I don't think films are made with such sensibility and aesthetics nowadays, it seems psychology has changed so much.
Tnx for the spoiler mate
@@drazenbudis7881 its been 50 years brother
The music adds so much to the scene.
This movie is very "modern".
It inspired many, many modern films.
He is,beautiful 😌
Each scene from his movies have an unmatched modernity that you meet nowhere. Through this scene you can practically see his pores it gives you the illusion that you’re in the car with him .. such power no words needed
Bonjour merci c'est mon 1 premier film inoubliable... Merci beaucoup
Melville , Delon , De Roubaix , culte tout simplement.
quel trio de choc et de génie
Stealing someone else's car is bad enough, but smoking in it? That's the real dick move!
Mister Melange, ....It's not like he was going to return the car ! LOL.
1967 Paris, everyone smokes, everyone!
I just saw more class in this clip than I have seen in all movies since 2000.
this restoration was amazing. I saw it on the criterion channel and was blown away.
Et la fabuleuse musique de Monsieur François de Roubaix !
I love this movie, Delon is a legend!
There is no solitude greater than that of the samurai unless it be that of a tiger in the jungle, perhaps... (Bushido)
I just watched this film, and I absolutely love it!!! I've purchased a few Criterion Blu-Rays of classic cinema, and I look forward to many more. Thank you, Criterion, for all that you do! Vive Le Cinema!!
светлая память...r. i p. ALEN DELON
Best film ever made.
My all time favorite movie.
People usualy talk about Melville and Delon but don't sleep on François de Roubaix for the soundtrack.
There is absolutely no way anyone will ever do a better movie than this one here.
Melville is NASTY here.
@paul w fan of nolan or joker? hahahah
@@marikafasola8771 nolan and the joker is good in their own ways, shut up
@@Huy-gn1eo no, they are not
@@marikafasola8771 ok then that's your opinion
ce film ça place est la poubelle honnêtement
この映画のアランドロンは、カッコ良かった。フランス映画の雰囲気が、滲み出ているね🎵
the coolest anti hero ever put to film
Almost every camera shot in this movie is like an oil painting.
What a cinema masterpiece!!!
And a superb Delon.
Alain Delon's hair even has its own song. Right here on YT as well.
უძლიერესმა, როგორც მსახიობმა თქვენ აჩუქეთ მილიონობით ადამიანს ბედნიერი წუთები.. მადლობა!! 💐მშვიდად განისვენე❤
💐 Thank you Mr. Alen Delon❤
Literally me
Film des années 70, des longueurs, pour fan de Delon.
RIP to my GOAT (actor) Alain Delon 🥲
Literally me
Best smoking commercial in history.
R.I.P. Legend
You like it or not the movie have an amazing cinematography in some scenes
Absolute KINO
i´m gong to end like him at the end of this crisis
numb in some ways
My favorite noir.
Безупречный, эталон во всем месье Делон!!!
アランドロン、超かっこいい！
サムライ、世界最高の男の美学。
特に、地下鉄の駅のシーズン。
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE MOVING AT HIGH SPEED. VERY NOTICEABLE.
Jesus this scene looks good... Coming from one of the closet picks, gonna have to get a copy
Masterpiece
god tier
No man was ever as handsome as Alain Delon.
That is because you haven't seen Danny Devito yet!!!!
@@13muller9 this is because you never seen Alain Delon either
and no one will ever be
RIP Legend
Rha la scène culte, l'immense solitude de Delon qui se fait des DS quand il veut... Le Mâle Alpha...
Eu assisti Le Samouraï hj e é um filme muito bom, Alain atuou bem, as músicas tbm passam uma tensão. 🥀
I expect this will be on the new CC channel!?
This movie had a strange atmosphere...
Alein i love you💋💋💋💋
insuperable !!
👍👌 looks like a good watch
screen on point sent me here
the OG literally me
Average european experience before car and smoking bans.
Carter Pewterschmidt : "People of France! A depressed good looking guy smoking a cigarette is not a movie." 🤣🤣
No, it's even better, it's a classic.
The music though
1967
I thought that was a very young James Remar when I first saw this.........David finche's the killer brought me here......I like this one better :)
Remember the dead ( best ) Jean-Pierre Melville
Watching a handsome man, depressed, while smoking is not a movie
omg the fake keys he had to try 😂
Peak af
Litrally me
The man in loden
handsome
I loved the movie but the censorship ruined it for me.
What is the name of the music?
le samourai title theme
@@exesouline thank you ✋
guys I didn't understand this movie! why would he threaten the pianist at the end if he wasn't gonna kill her?! and did she fall in love with him or what?
He wanted the police to kill him because he was miserable and his life was empty. He was maybe a soldier or something, and now cannot relate to his girlfriend or anybody else and is a broken man. The piano girl was told not to recognise him by a boss at the club who ordered the murder. She also is bored with life and doesn't really care about life or death, so she is curious about the Samourai and wants to talk to him.
Удобно наверно в плаще осенью ходить
No ajusto sus espejos y no se puso el cinturon de seguridad
He really was a great actor. But his beauty overpowers it. I can’t focus on anything other than that face.
Great film but the ending stank …
Should have taken the camaro
Kinda sticks out in Paris