Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Bob le Flambeur (1955)



☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½


Bob le Flambeur (1955) – J.-P. Melville

I love Melville for the moods he creates, here using the seedy Parisian nightlife in the shadow of Montmartre. Bob is a generous sort of the kind who knows that money comes and goes -- he's living life in the moment by an honorable code. As such, it comes as no surprise that his last big score doesn't entirely go to plan. It's not what Bob really cares about.

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