Great, great, great Clouzot movie

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Movies from comedy to drama to your favorite Hollyweird Star.

Remember Wages of Fear and Les diaboliques? Here's one made in 1947 that hasn't played in this country since 1948: Quai des Orfevres.
That's like Scotland Yard, in Paris. Yes, and something of a police procedural, but what a constabulary and what a crew of suspects!
This movie *flows* timelessly and seamlessly, and comes to us in a newly-restored print with fresh subtitles. Although I saw it on the screen at a local repertory house, doubtless a DVD release is envisioned. Bookmark it.
From the Boston Globe:
Is "Q.d.O." a film noir? A backstage musical? A whodunit? A comedy? In truth, it's all the above -- plus a kinky love story, an absorbing melodrama, and a mordantly jaded snapshot of postwar Paris -- and all of them are wonderful.
clark

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Topic - Great, great, great Clouzot movie - clarkjohnsen 12:07:31 04/22/03 (8)

Re: Great, great, great Clouzot movie - patrickU 02:53:01 04/23/03 (2)

Fresh subtitles could make a difference. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:06:36 04/23/03 (1)

You want to McDonaldise a French classic? - patrickU 10:18:27 04/23/03 (0)

Re: Great, great, great Clouzot movie - gware 21:53:25 04/22/03 (4)

"Very 'Hitchcock'" -- Excellent point! nt - clarkjohnsen 10:05:48 04/23/03 (3)

NO, no and NO, - patrickU 10:25:27 04/23/03 (2)

"It's subtle, clever and very 'Hitchcock'." - clarkjohnsen 09:48:46 04/24/03 (1)

O... - patrickU 04:55:05 04/25/03 (0)

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