Le Samouraï (1967) - An Auteur's Masterpiece | Jean-Pierre Melville | Video Essay

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2022
  • Le Samouraï - the 1967 neo-noir crime thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville is quite arguably one of my favourite movies. Known to have sparked the lone-wolf archetype seen in other movies like Taxi Driver (1976), Nightcrawler (2014) or Drive (2011), Le Samouraï is a near perfect masterpiece- blending together a simple story through its crafty cinematography, brilliant background score and some amazing acting.
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  • @TejasThakare
    @TejasThakare  2 месяца назад

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  • @kamandi1362
    @kamandi1362 Год назад +140

    "Quite arguably one of my favourite movies." Who would you argue with? Yourself?

  • @davidhaley845
    @davidhaley845 4 месяца назад +17

    I watched this film in 1973 , I was 13 years old and it was hypnotic. I am now 63 and last year I bought the DVD for my collection it's rarely seen on T.V at all which I find quite odd. For me it's the best film I ever saw, a simple absorbing story brilliantly acted and stylishly shot. Jef is a hitman a loner and lonely except for his caged bird but despite his job we all are drawn to him . I would urge everyone to watch this movie it will stay with you as it has with me for 50 years.

  • @MariaAlvarez-sm8bv
    @MariaAlvarez-sm8bv Год назад +36

    Absolutely true. This film should never be missed. It's a great masterpiece.

  • @catherinefotic4614
    @catherinefotic4614 2 года назад +34

    Jean Pierre Melville was one of the emblematic filmmakers of the "French New-wave" making movies as the "Red circle" with Alain Delon and Yves Montand or even "Le Doulos" with the great Jean Paul Belmondo.
    He (re)created in France an atmosfere of the cop films as "Asphalt Jungle"..
    Le Samouraï based on the "japanese Ronins"
    The actress Cathy Rosier was charming.

    • @fabiengerard8142
      @fabiengerard8142 4 месяца назад

      🎬 Melville wasn't part of the Nouvelle Vague at all. Except JLG kind of paid homage to him in his legendary 1959 directorial debut, "Breathless", because he'd particularly praised as a critic Melville's atypical style in his latest movie, "Bob le Flambeur" -- partly a model for "Breathless". 👌🏻👌🏾👌

  • @doryenmctown4795
    @doryenmctown4795 Год назад +16

    I love it. Just rewatched it ❤ Alain Delon is a Man’s man

  • @mjbachman3027
    @mjbachman3027 10 месяцев назад +9

    Army of Shadows, Jean-Pierre Melville's film released in 1969 about the WWII French Resistance, uses the same dull blues and gray color pallet that Le Samourai uses.

  • @RegnaSaturna
    @RegnaSaturna Год назад +14

    One of my all time favourites too. Along with Le Cercle Rouge of course. It's strange, 55 years after its release it still keeps intriguing. Great analysis. Thank you.

  • @pascalmalaurie1830
    @pascalmalaurie1830 Год назад +13

    Fabuleux Melville. Fabuleux delon
    Fabuleux samouraï

  • @arkdark5554
    @arkdark5554 Месяц назад

    An absolute masterpiece. One of my best movies of all times.

  • @joshrandall7346
    @joshrandall7346 Год назад +8

    One of the best AD and JPM movies!!! Thanks!

  • @yashsachdeva03
    @yashsachdeva03 2 года назад +10

    This video so good, I'll watch it even after knowing the spoilers just to re-watch the video later

  • @dominiqueguisset1243
    @dominiqueguisset1243 Год назад +5

    Bonjour merci le samouraï mon 1er film avec Alain Delon souvenirs fantastique. Il reste mon film Fétiche. Super merci beaucoup.

  • @josepdalmauanglada
    @josepdalmauanglada 2 года назад +4

    is from the Melville & Delon Proportion and Perfection ¡...... Lux and Thank you

  • @user-kx1rd3hz5k
    @user-kx1rd3hz5k 2 месяца назад +1

    It was definitive for my life till I broke out of it's perfectionism.

  • @DK-yq5nx
    @DK-yq5nx 4 месяца назад +8

    Le Samurai and Le Circle Rouge. Masterpieces.

  • @carloscanas4803
    @carloscanas4803 7 месяцев назад +1

    Alain delon along with jean paul belmondo are my two favorite actors of all time i have almost all his films and le samurai is my favorite Alain delon thak you for alll the great films

  • @mac2phin
    @mac2phin 3 месяца назад +5

    A ronin is masterless; a samurai answers to a master or a shogun.

  • @_AdaWRempe
    @_AdaWRempe Месяц назад

    I watched this movie with an ex boyfriend, I remember feeling so connected to the character, he is a incredible actor. I rewatched it recently and all memories started to flush back…

  • @dominiquerobinet7529
    @dominiquerobinet7529 Год назад +8

    Delon ❤

  • @ponypower8
    @ponypower8 24 дня назад

    I'll look for this movie. As someone who likes to research classics, influential, trailblazing and historical films, your review of this old movie has definitely piqued my interest. Thank you.

  • @RheaDamani
    @RheaDamani 2 года назад +10

    Really well analysed 👏🏽🤩

  • @user-dz3xw2sr2t
    @user-dz3xw2sr2t 2 месяца назад

    画面のトーンが素晴らしい。
    ドロンはこの一作だけでも映画の歴史に名前を刻めると信じています。

  • @sz8526
    @sz8526 6 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic analysis on this film! Really great video!

  • @ritaksudan7521
    @ritaksudan7521 Год назад +2

    Well done mate.

  • @williamruy9350
    @williamruy9350 8 дней назад

    Thanks + Gracias

  • @edheliosz
    @edheliosz 5 месяцев назад +3

    Thank you for this wonderful review. One of my greatest possessions is the Criterion DVD of this masterpiece. 🙏

  • @ricardolorrio8228
    @ricardolorrio8228 3 месяца назад

    great review... depending on what day it is.. this is my favourite movie...

  • @namratathakare5186
    @namratathakare5186 2 года назад +3

    Very nicely explained 👍👌😊

  • @lacanian1500
    @lacanian1500 Год назад +3

    have you seen any other melville?

  • @guzy1971
    @guzy1971 Год назад +1

    Don’t forget the music

  • @bigoudi07
    @bigoudi07 8 месяцев назад +1

    6:11 what's the song's name please ?
    Edit : found the song. It's Contract Organ.

  • @sounakmukherjee3866
    @sounakmukherjee3866 6 месяцев назад

    Cinematography was done by Henri Decaë

  • @Aleman_Luis
    @Aleman_Luis 8 месяцев назад

    Mine too.

  • @fgsproducer
    @fgsproducer 2 месяца назад

    Great video. A spoiler alert is welcome though

  • @user-df5tt8tc2z
    @user-df5tt8tc2z 2 месяца назад +1

    Near the end he should have released his bird as a foretelling of his suspected death…director’s unfortunate mistake…the bird left in the cage in his apartment was worrisome at the end…

    • @arsenic9998
      @arsenic9998 Месяц назад

      yes, I know...I thought so too

  • @Erichasnoidea
    @Erichasnoidea 6 месяцев назад +1

    have you seen The killer yet?

  • @BenRangel
    @BenRangel 5 месяцев назад +1

    5:55 Is "a shadow of a doubt" a phrase in french?

    • @nicolas.i1889
      @nicolas.i1889 5 месяцев назад +2

      @BenRangel Yes, it's the literal translation of "l'ombre d'un doute", it saids that something is not definitely sure

    • @BenRangel
      @BenRangel 5 месяцев назад +2

      @@nicolas.i1889 thanks!

    • @Senecavit
      @Senecavit 4 месяца назад

      It's 1943 movie 🙂

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno 5 месяцев назад

    Mwahaha! The French! Jef Costello!

  • @HarshwardhanPoddar
    @HarshwardhanPoddar 2 года назад +1

    Goooooo

  • @jaeger1989
    @jaeger1989 5 месяцев назад +1

    Still prefer Le Cercle Rouge 😂😂😂

  • @iona.1footinfront840
    @iona.1footinfront840 Год назад +1

    Please don’t use such distracting captions - they are totally unnecessary and spoil the beautiful visuals.

    • @kathrynj.hernandez8425
      @kathrynj.hernandez8425 Год назад +8

      They are useful, helpful for clarity when dialect gets in the way. These are not captions, they are subtitles.

    • @castelodeossos3947
      @castelodeossos3947 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@kathrynj.hernandez8425 Have read that Americans have an especial dislike for subtitles, which is why most Americans rarely have seen any foreign film. It is also why successful foreign films so often are remade in an American version. Subtitles don't bother me in the slightest. As for 'captions', please check Wiktionary and Fowler's Modern English Usage.

  • @cookieface80
    @cookieface80 Год назад +4

    I thought it was average at best with poor pacing. The main character has to be worst hitman I've ever seen depicted in a film; He shoots someone in a crowded place with an unsilenced gun, walks out the front door in full view of everyone and then continues to wear the same outfit that he knows witnesses saw him wearing.

    • @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo
      @StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo Год назад +1

      Or he makes all those decisions hoping to come to his end

    • @cookieface80
      @cookieface80 Год назад +1

      @@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo Wasn't there a part where one of the people he works for tries to kill him and he wrestles the gun out of his hand? He probably should've just let himself get shot then and end the movie sooner.

    • @matsanw
      @matsanw 5 месяцев назад +2

      You're aware silencers are a movie trope that didn't even exist then, and that it's completely BS in real life, right? Still, the problem with the hit wasn't even the noise, but that someone unexpected showed up at the corridor. Still he had a tight alibi, and wasn't even wearing the coat when he was caught. The idea of him just let himself be shot is laughable since it would go against the whole point of the character's code of conduct.
      I don't know what's wrong with the pacing either, but oh well.

    • @cookieface80
      @cookieface80 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@matsanw He lets himself get shot at the end of the movie.

    • @nimazsheik5152
      @nimazsheik5152 2 месяца назад

      Just learn to enjoy the movie's style and neo-noir vibes. Don't have to think so deep. I swear you 'reddit reviewers' are one of the worst things to happen to cinema.

  • @AbrasiousProductions
    @AbrasiousProductions 2 месяца назад

    I watched it yesterday and it was a tedious bore.

  • @feral9902
    @feral9902 2 месяца назад

    Army of Shadows is Melville's masterpiece.