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lone killer
Hannah 2022-03-25 09:01:10
The film creates a very special killer, Jeff, loner and taciturn, neither a clever and agile high-IQ criminal connoisseur, nor a affectionate fringe prodigal, Jean-Pierre Melville in the film one. At the beginning, such a lone wolf with Bushido spirit is defined, the cold environment, the minimal communication, the arrest of the police, Jeff still fulfills his killer mission, and the non-verbal details are highlighted in the second half of the film. The description, which delicately portrays Jeff's inner world, completes the tribute to the spirit of Bushido after the martyrdom of self-destruction.
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Superintendant: Don't you love him?
Jane Lagrange: No.
Superintendant: Really? I'd have said you did. Laying yourself on the line for him like that, I thought you must love him.
Jane Lagrange: You're not the psychologist you imagined.
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Superintendant: It's strange. Girls like you are virtually prostitutes. Ever give it any thought?
Jane Lagrange: [sitting on her bed in a nightgown while her apartment is being searched by the police] No.
Superintendant: You should. It could blow up in your face. If the vice squad starts in after you - those boys mean business. You need to be covered. No pun intended.
Jane Lagrange: And you want to cover me?