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Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French:), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave , he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success.
Jean-Pierre Melville. Writer: Le Samouraï. The name "Melville" is not immediately associated with film. It conjures up images of white whales and crackbrained captains, of naysaying notaries and soup-spilling sailors. It is the countersign to a realm of men and their deeds, both heroic and villainous. It is the American novel, with its Ishmaels and its Claggarts a challenge to the European canon.
Aug 24, 2015 · Born Jean-Pierre Grumbach and adopting the moniker “Melville” after his favorite American author, he fought as part of the French Resistance during WWII, and started making independent films ...
Jean-Pierre Grumbach, dit Jean-Pierre Melville, né le 20 octobre 1917 dans le 9 e arrondissement de Paris et mort le 2 août 1973 dans le 13 e arrondissement de Paris, est un réalisateur et scénariste français. Ses films, dominés par la solitude, l'échec et la mort, sont devenus pour la plupart des classiques du cinéma français, notamment les trois films qui forment une trilogie sur la ...
Jean-Pierre Melville (born Oct. 20, 1917, Paris, France—died Aug. 2, 1973, Paris) was a French motion-picture director whose early films strongly influenced the directors of the New Wave, the innovative French film movement of the late 1950s. Grumbach’s enthusiasm for American culture prompted him to change his name to that of his favourite ...
The following article originally appeared on Edwin Adrian Nieves’ A-BitterSweet-Life. (In 1996, the French journal Cahiers du cinéma dedicated its November issue to director Jean-Pierre Melville. Included in the special edition was a version of this tribute essay by director John Woo, which was dictated to Nicolas Saada in English.)
Aug 1, 2017 · Where not to start. Melville’s first two postwar films – one on the subject of the resistance (Le Silence de la mer, 1949) and the other written by Jean Cocteau (Les Enfants terribles, 1950) – are excellent and distinctive films, but feel atypical alongside the later crime films that made him famous. Similarly, his other wartime France ...
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Considered a spiritual father of the French New Wave, he was one of the first fully-independent French filmmakers to achieve commercial and critical success. His works include the crime dramas Bob le flambeur (1956), Le Doulos (1962), Le Samouraï ...
Apr 24, 2017 · Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinema of Resistance. ... He was born Jean-Pierre Grumbach, in Paris, to a Jewish family from Alsace. Early on, he adopted his nom de plume, ...
Oct 4, 2002 · Jean-Pierre Melville made a total of 13 features during his 25 year career. Though never exactly in or out of critical fashion, Melville’s gangster films can be seen as a major influence on many of the crime films from the 1960s onwards, while Le Silence de la mer , Les Enfants terribles , and Bob le flambeur can be regarded as fairly direct antecedents to the nouvelle vague .
1955 saw Jean-Pierre Melville's first excursion into the shadowy world of the gangster. Taking his inspiration from American film noirs of the preceding decade, Melville creates a distinctive, minimalist brand of noir which he would perfect in his subsequent thrillers, Deux hommes dans Manhattan (1959), Le Doulos (1962) and Le Deuxième souffle (1966).
Jean-Pierre Melville (20th October, 1917 – 2 August, 1973) was a dynamic new voice in the post-war French film world whose independence and directorial methods made him the mentor of the aspiring New Wave directors. Influenced by his experiences in the war and by the Hollywood cinema of the 1930s and 40s, Melville created a mythic realm of ...
Jean-Pierre Melville. Though remembered now primarily for his intense, spare 1960s gangster films, this French master had a startlingly varied career, encompassing wartime dramas and psychosexual character studies. 9 Results. Directed by.
Sep 30, 2019 · A t first glance, Jean-Pierre Melville’s body of work might seem to display a schizophrenic split between two currents or tendencies. The first is in total symbiosis with the history of France and is rooted in the filmmaker’s own life, notably in his involvement in the Resistance from the beginning of the Occupation, his participation in Gaullist networks, and his clandestine work under ...
Sep 30, 2019 · This Criterion Channel retrospective brings together all fourteen of his films, along with a profile of the director for the series Cinéastes de notre temps....
Jean-Pierre Melville. Writer: The Samurai. The name "Melville" is not immediately associated with film. It conjures up images of white whales and crackbrained captains, of naysaying notaries and soup-spilling sailors. It is the countersign to a realm of men and their deeds, both heroic and villainous. It is the American novel, with its Ishmaels and its Claggarts a challenge to the European canon.
Jan 18, 2023 · Alongside Melville borrowing the ethos of US crime cinema, Professor Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris (1982), says he also borrowed the smallest of details ...
Jean-Pierre Melville, 50 years old, ten films since 1947, is the only director in the world to possess his own studios (they have burned down, but no matter, they can be rebuilt). Melville is well established as the lone wolf of the French cinema.
Jan 25, 2024 · Jean-Pierre Melville was a seminal French director, active between 1949 and 1972, most famous for iconic crime films like Le Samouraï.He essentially took elements from Hollywood gangster movies ...
Le Samouraï (French pronunciation: [lə sa.mu.ʁa.i]; lit. ' The Samurai '), is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier.A Franco-Italian production, it depicts the intersecting paths of a professional hitman (Delon) trying to find out who hired him for a job and then tried to ...
Director Jean-Pierre Melville Stars Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel. 3. The Red Circle. 1970 2h 20m Not Rated. 7.9 (28K) Rate. 92 Metascore. After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist.
Collection of six classic films from acclaimed French director Jean-Pierre Melville. 'Army of Shadows' (1969) is based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. Drawing on the director's own experiences in World War II, the film follows a band of resistance fighters in German-controlled France. As the war continues, the grip of the occupying force ...
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Jul 10, 2024 · There are further interviews with Rui Nogueira, editor of Melville on Melville, and Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris. Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit ...
My name is Jean-Pierre Melville and I am a vibrant and charismatic designer who enjoys a good laugh as well as a serious discussion. My keen aesthetic eye and hands-on mentality combined with my technical insight allows me to adapt to your specific needs no matter the project. Please feel free to wander around my website and discovery ...
