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Sep 1, 2002 · In "Rififi," Dassin finds everyday locales: Nightclubs, bistros, a construction site, investing them with a grey reality. Just before the heist begins, there is a scene all the more lovely because it is unnecessary, in which nightclub musicians warm up and gradually slide into collaboration.
93% Tomatometer 55 Reviews 95% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony (Jean Servais) turns down a quick job his friend Jo (Carl Mohner) offers him...
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- Jean Servais
- Jules Dassin
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Rififi Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Raquel Stecher The Movie Palace Podcast. A fantastic heist film... unrelenting brutality mixed with moments of humor...
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- Picture 8/10
- Audio 7/10
- Extras 2/10
- Closing
After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City, the blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious robbery in the City of Light. Rififiis the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that w...
The Criterion Collection upgrades their previous DVD edition of Jules Dassin’s Rififito this dual-format edition featuring an new high-definition transfer. The film is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. The high-definition version, presented in 1080p/24hz, is delivered on a dual-layer Blu-ray disc, while the standard-definition versi...
The mono track (delivered in 1.0 PCM on the Blu-ray or Dolby Digital 1.0 on the DVD) is fine enough, delivering the film’s dialogue as naturally and clear as it can, and the film’s sound effects (specifically during the key heist scene) with reasonable range and depth. It’s still a bit flat, a product of age and materials I’m sure, but it’s clean a...
Disappointingly the supplements don’t get any upgrade. In fact, in comparison to the previous Criterion DVD, the supplements here are a downgrade. Thankfully they at least carried over the wonderful interview with Jules Dassinthat Criterion recorded in 2000. Dassin first opens with a great story about being recruited to play in a studio baseball ga...
It’s an incredibly slim release, actually dropping supplements from the previous DVD edition, in turn making one question the higher price point. But in terms of the transfer I think anyone looking to upgrade their old Criterion DVD will certainly want to give this edition a look, whether for the Blu-ray or DVD version. BUY AT:
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Probably the most impressive feature of Rififi is how nicely the film moves along. The plot unfolds quickly and seamlessly much the way the great film directors always did it, directors like Stanley Kubrick, Louis Malle, and the best of Hitchcock.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Jules Dassin
- 1956-06-05
The film ranking website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics had given the film positive reviews, based upon a sample of 41. [37] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 97, based on 13 reviews. [28]
Rififi is the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned Dassin the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on the decades of heist thrillers that have come in its wake.
