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Jul 29, 2018 · by Paul Batters. Without a doubt, one of the most important and brilliantly shaped exemplars of film noir is the French crime film Rififi (1955).Directed by Jules Dassin and drawn from the Auguste Le Breton’s same-titled novel, Rififi is a lesson in how to build tension, draw on detail to build and shape meaning and reaches deeper tropes in the futility of crime and even the stupidity of ...
For Rififi is that most hallowed of films, a film that contains a monument within. Like the Grand Hall ball in The Magnificent Ambersons or the pickpocketing sequence in Pickpocket or the crop-duster chase in North by Northwest, the virtually silent, gleefully long heist scene at the center of Rififi is a tingling, ecstatic, sustained act of ...
Rififí en la ciudad: Directed by Jesús Franco. With Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jean Servais, Laura Granados, Antonio Prieto. In an unnamed Central American state on the eve of a crucial election, a young police informer working for police officer Miguel Mora bent on uncovering the shady works of popular politician Maurice Leprince is killed.
Apr 1, 2011 · Statewide too, Rififi came out in the U.S. though mostly in large cities, in 1955, the same year in which Stanley Kubrick made his breakthrough film, “The Killing.” First a word about the title: Rififi is the French slang for trouble, implying risk, danger, and violence.
Apr 24, 2001 · Written and directed by Jules Dassin, Rififi is classic film noir. Clever, solid plot and excellent direction by Dassin. The heist itself is incredible, with some clever innovations by the thieves and is filmed in absolute silence, just like it would have gone down if it was real life.
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1 hr 55 mins. Drama, Suspense. NR. Watchlist. One of the all-time great caper films, this atmospheric, noirish nerve-jangler follows a gang of French crooks as they pull off a jewelry heist. Jean ...
Synopsis. Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away ...
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