HenriDecaë &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:HenriDecaë @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:24:31 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wmff <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-wmff Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" International Panic Day/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" A character in panic mode on International Panic Day "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Jun

18

International Panic Day

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë.

A character in panic mode on International Panic Day

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:10:00 +0200 Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8br <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" frites/div div class="img" Bob le flambeur (1956)/div div class="caption" Anne (Isabelle Corey), a cute blonde with a beret, eats a fry (French, obviously) while giving us a side glance. It's all very proto-Vague. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" – I saw you the other morning, eating frites. – I like frites. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #fries #JeanPierreMelville #IsabelleCorey #DanielCauchy #RogerDuchesne #GuyDecomble #HowardVernon #EddieBarclay #JoBoyer #HenriDecaë #drama #crime #heist #gambling #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)

Jun

13

frites

Bob le flambeur (1956)

Anne (Isabelle Corey), a cute blonde with a beret, eats a fry (French, obviously) while giving us a side glance. It's all very proto-Vague. DP: Henri Decaë.

– I saw you the other morning, eating frites.

– I like frites.

#FilmDinner #fries #JeanPierreMelville #IsabelleCorey #DanielCauchy #RogerDuchesne #GuyDecomble #HowardVernon #EddieBarclay #JoBoyer #HenriDecaë #drama #crime #heist #gambling #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8br Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:00:00 +0200 Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lvwt <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" Friday/div div class="img" Bob le flambeur (1956)/div div class="caption" Bob (Roger Duchesne) at the tables, gambling. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" An unlucky character on Friday the 13supth/sup "I'd even lose at hopscotch these days." ### – Bob Montagné Bob gambles, and always wins. But then he starts losing. And not just games./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #FridayThe13th #JeanPierreMelville #IsabelleCorey #DanielCauchy #RogerDuchesne #GuyDecomble #HowardVernon #EddieBarclay #JoBoyer #HenriDecaë #drama #crime #heist #gambling #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

Bob le flambeur [Bob the Gambler] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)

Jun

13

Friday

Bob le flambeur (1956)

Bob (Roger Duchesne) at the tables, gambling. DP: Henri Decaë.

An unlucky character on Friday the 13th

“I'd even lose at hopscotch these days.”

– Bob Montagné

Bob gambles, and always wins. But then he starts losing. And not just games.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FridayThe13th #JeanPierreMelville #IsabelleCorey #DanielCauchy #RogerDuchesne #GuyDecomble #HowardVernon #EddieBarclay #JoBoyer #HenriDecaë #drama #crime #heist #gambling #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-lvwt Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-09r3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-09r3 Wed, 14 May 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8709 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" croissants /div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) going though his passport over breakfast. Multiple passport photos, a fountain pen, and a magnifying glass take precedence over his fresh croissants. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Why bother having money when you can spend other people's?" ### – Philippe Greenleaf\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #breakfast #croissants #bread #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Jun

15

croissants

Plein soleil (1960)

Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) going though his passport over breakfast. Multiple passport photos, a fountain pen, and a magnifying glass take precedence over his fresh croissants. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Why bother having money when you can spend other people's?”

– Philippe Greenleaf

#FilmDinner #breakfast #croissants #bread #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-8709 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 01:43:21 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ascenseur-pour-lechafaud-1958 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" croissants/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Dec

13

croissants

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

Mr Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) taking a bite out of a croissant while dialling a number in a lively French café. A blonde behind him shows an interest. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

#FilmDinner #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #bread #breakfast #croissants #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ascenseur-pour-lechafaud-1958 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 11:27:42 +0100 Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/les-enfants-terribles-1950 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" World Orphans Day/div div class="img" Les enfants terribles (1950)/div div class="caption" The siblings – children on the cusp of adulthood, played by adults – sharing a bed. Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) points up towards the ceiling with one arm wrapped around her brother Paul's (Edouard Dermithe) neck. Both wear dressing gowns. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" With their mother bedridden, Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) nurtures her snowball-fight-injured brother Paul (Edouard Dermithe) back to health. "Their heritage of instability, extravagant caprice, and natural elegance was their paternal portion." ### – Jean Cocteau, Les enfants terribles (1929) Withdrawn in their family home, they form a strong manipulative bond, drawing others into their games./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldOrphansDay #JeanPierreMelville #JeanCocteau #NicoleStéphane #EdouardDermithe #HenriDecaë #siblings #BookAdaptation #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les enfants terribles [The Terrible Children] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1950)

Nov

13

World Orphans Day

Les enfants terribles (1950)

The siblings – children on the cusp of adulthood, played by adults – sharing a bed. Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) points up towards the ceiling with one arm wrapped around her brother Paul's (Edouard Dermithe) neck. Both wear dressing gowns. DP: Henri Decaë.

With their mother bedridden, Elisabeth (Nicole Stéphane) nurtures her snowball-fight-injured brother Paul (Edouard Dermithe) back to health.

“Their heritage of instability, extravagant caprice, and natural elegance was their paternal portion.”

– Jean Cocteau, Les enfants terribles (1929)

Withdrawn in their family home, they form a strong manipulative bond, drawing others into their games.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #WorldOrphansDay #JeanPierreMelville #JeanCocteau #NicoleStéphane #EdouardDermithe #HenriDecaë #siblings #BookAdaptation #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/les-enfants-terribles-1950 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 14:39:34 +0100 Le Samouraï [The Samurai] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/le-samourai-1967 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le Samouraï [The Samurai] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" License Plates Day /div div class="img" Le Samouraï (1967)/div div class="caption" A pair of hands switching license plates on the front of a Citroën DS. The scene is almost black-and-white. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" ##### Hitman Jef Costello (Alain Delon) coolly drives a #Citroën DS 21 to his garagiste (André Salgues), who routinely switches the license plates in a beautifully wordless, efficiently lit scene. "I never lose. Never really." ### \ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #LicensePlatesDay #JeanPierreMelville #AlainDelon #AndréSalgues #FrançoisDeRoubaix #HenriDecaë #NeoNoir #cars #CitroënDS #goddess #crime #France #Italy #1960s/div /section ]]>

Le Samouraï [The Samurai] (Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967)

Apr

25

License Plates Day

Le Samouraï (1967)

A pair of hands switching license plates on the front of a Citroën DS. The scene is almost black-and-white. DP: Henri Decaë.

Hitman Jef Costello (Alain Delon) coolly drives a #Citroën DS 21 to his garagiste (André Salgues), who routinely switches the license plates in a beautifully wordless, efficiently lit scene.

“I never lose. Never really.”

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #LicensePlatesDay #JeanPierreMelville #AlainDelon #AndréSalgues #FrançoisDeRoubaix #HenriDecaë #NeoNoir #cars #CitroënDS #goddess #crime #France #Italy #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/le-samourai-1967 Tue, 25 Apr 2023 13:23:16 +0200