Jean-Paul Belmondo

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

That looks fun. I need to watch these films.

EDIT: *Goes to Amazon to look for discs...* God dammit why is everything so expensive.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

God dammit why is everything so expensive.

It so is.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

Cohen Media stuff almost never seems to go on sale (which is why I have a grand total of one of their releases- Melville's [bTwo Men in Manhattan[/b],) but some of their titles have shown up on the Criterion Channel. So, maybe Up to His Ears will show up there if they do a program of Jean-Paul Belmondo films.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

I guess the fact that a lot of the Cohen releases are double features offsets things a bit?

But yeah, they're not cheap.

[Derrick King Waterfall Puncher Find all posts View Profile Close Derrick King]

That helps, but their releases are pretty lite on extras. I think one of the recent Barnes and Noble 50% off sales had some Cohen releases, but they all went out of stock pretty quickly. Dude that owns Cohen is a billionaire asshole, though. Which makes it a bit harder to support the label.

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Watched The Night Caller last night, it was fun if pretty predictable. Good stunts but a lot of logic gaps. It's very giallo-ish at times, complete with a weirdo black gloved killer, but it seems to me that Belmondo's super cop really should have caught the killer much earlier than he did. Still, if he had, he wouldn't have been able to dangle off of a helicopter and crash through the window, so there's that. Anyway, it's entertaining and a fun watch, just not wholly original or as tense as it should have been given the concept (that being that a maniac is calling women he deems morally unfit and then killing them off).

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

I really enjoyed The Night Caller. There were certainly parts to laugh at (mostly the glass eye ), but his stunt work always makes the movie.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Watched Le Casse (aka The Burglers) last night.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068347/

It's a pretty fun heist film that at times feels like an Italian cop movie, probably because it's a French/Italian co-production and it has a good Morricone score.

Belmondo is in fine form here, he's got a couple of impressive stunt scenes that are, again, genuinely impressive. Omar Sharif plays the corrupt cop out to snag for himself the emeralds that Belmondo's team has stolen. A good mix of action, drama and humor. I liked this one a lot, just a fun movie.

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Ordered a few new ones...

Le Casse (The Burglars) BD
Greed in the Sun BD
Two Women BD

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Pierrot Le Fou getting reissued by Criterion in October.

https://www.criterion.com/films/149-pierrot-le-fou



SPECIAL FEATURES
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Interview with actor Anna Karina from 2007
A “Pierrot” Primer, a video essay from 2007 written and narrated by filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin
Godard, l'amour, la poésie, a fifty-minute French documentary from 2007, directed by Luc Lagier, about director Jean-Luc Godard and his work and marriage with Karina
Excerpts of interviews from 1965 with Godard, Karina, and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo
Trailer
PLUS: An essay by critic Richard Brody, along with (Blu-ray only) a 1969 review by Andrew Sarris and a 1965 interview with Godard
New cover by Steve Chow

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

One of his best!

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Watched the Olive Films Blu-ray release of Greed In The Sun the other day, with Belmondo and Lino Ventura co-starring. It was okay. Not great, but not a complete waste of time either. Some okay comedy, some decent drama and tension in the second half. It was about 20 minutes longer than it should have been but it was nicely shot.

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Watched the Olive Films Blu-ray release of Greed In The Sun the other day, with Belmondo and Lino Ventura co-starring. It was okay. Not great, but not a complete waste of time either. Some okay comedy, some decent drama and tension in the second half. It was about 20 minutes longer than it should have been but it was nicely shot.

It ended exactly how I wanted it to!

[Alison Jane Girl Boss Jane Find all posts View Profile Close Alison Jane]

Starting November 1st on American Netflix...

[Paul L Scholar of Sleaze Find all posts View Profile Close Paul L]

Hubba hubba! I'm jealous :)

Now, can I get that VPN to work again?