In Reply to: Great, great, great Clouzot movie posted by clarkjohnsen on April 22, 2003 at 12:07:31:
Aren't they all? Add a few more "greats"... Great actors, Great story, Great atmosphere, Great filmmaking
I think his real strength as a director is that the mixture of Gallic noir, and Black and White film, is tempered with a very fine balance of humor that keeps the viewer intrigued and distracted at the same time; it's subtle, clever and very "Hitchcock"
The Adjani/Stone Les Diaboliques remake totally missed this, and devolved into simple horror which was a mistake the original (thankfully) never made
Even Cathy Bates couldn't save that one
Eric
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- 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)