Review of Le Cercle Rouge (1970) by Edwin A — 27 Jun 2007
Another one of Jean Pierre Melville's masterpieces. Le Cercle Rouge is as stylish as ever a heist movie brooding with existential doom. The Jewellery heist seen is brilliant, lasting for almost 1/2 an hour with absolutly no dialogue spoken whatsoever.
Its a highly entertaining, yet very stripped down, ala Bresson (as with all Melville films). I dont think its quite as good as Le Samourai or L'Armee des Ombres, but Le Cercle Rouge is still a fantastic take on the heist film that leaves modern day filmmakers eating their hearts out.
This review of Le Cercle Rouge (1970) was written by Edwin A on 27 Jun 2007.
Le Cercle Rouge has generally received very positive reviews.
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