Extended Reading
  • Assunta 2022-03-21 09:03:14

    What about "The Fight of Men"?

    "The Fight of Men is the best film noir I've ever seen." -François Truffaut, The Movie of My Life

    Who would have thought that Vittorio Gassman and Marcelo Mastroianni, the two male gods, would have The witty play of blind obsession with stealing, and the irony that humans will find ways to screw...

  • Tia 2022-01-29 08:05:54

    Dassin ------------- Liar or Gambler?

    There is a passage in imdb trivia that Dassin said he was broke when he brought the film to Cannes. . . . Playing in the casino, even the most basic gambling chips are borrowed from the producer. It can be said that he himself has no money. . He meant that he was poor and it was difficult to make...

  • Cielo 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    As the father of modern heist films, Rififi's greatness does not solely owe to the famous 28 minues safe-cracking sequence, but also, and perhaps more importantly, to its delicate and sincere representation of brotherliness and humaneness, which is what was new and reinvigorating to the crime genre at the time. The exiled Dassin found the true meaning of cinema in Europe. Rififi is a flawless fusion of Hollywood narrative and European art cinema.

  • Trudie 2022-03-27 09:01:20

    Thieves also have a way, this "dao" is a doorway and a craftsmanship. Chisel after chisel to open the ceiling, I saw the spirit of the craftsman, haha

Rififi quotes

  • Louise: So, tough guys, is this war games? Where's my baby, you thug? Where's my baby?

  • L'Age d'Or Showgirl Hostess: Hello, you.

    Jo le Suedois: Hello, kid. Sit your moneymaker down.