jeanpierremelville &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:jeanpierremelville @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:36:40 +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 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

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