Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
A Brilliant Conflict
This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
View MoreI think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
View MoreMarc (Alain Delon) is a womanizer. He womanizes a New york gang's wife, and royally gets them angry. He flees to France, but the gangs are after him. They catch up to him, but in their encounter, they're speaking French. I can understand them speaking Italian, but New York gangs speaking French ? Jane Fonda's voice is also dubbed over.That's the only part I'd like to nit pick about this movie. The rest is superb. Alain Delon, and Jane Fonda are absolutely beautiful.This kind of gorgeous looking actors don't exist anymore. The movie is classy in the way its made. It doesn't have any high tech in it, but has gorgeous lifestyle in its place. I really think we made the wrong choice in our lifestyle. We need to bring back more of the gorgeous lifestyle like people in the '60s had.Don't miss this movie, because it's just great.
View MoreAlain Delon has the perfect role as the ne'er do well young man, Lola Albright (sad & wonderful in LORD LOVE A DUCK) has commanding screen presence, and Jane Fonda is youthful beauty personified. Ms. Fonda was never more gorgeous than in this creepy little French Film. Those eyes. Nice job with the French language as well. Cool house. Interesting quirky musical score by Lalo Shifrin. Great B/W cinematography and strange "plot".A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Jane Fonda. It's hard to describe what goes on in this one, but I couldn't get it out of my head for days. Nice atmosphere.
View MoreI never saw the English dubbing of this film, but I saw the French original and it is superlative. The music by Lalo Shiffrin is absolutely groundbreaking and a promise of "missions impossible" to come. The photography and editing only give Godard's "Breathless" a knowing passing reference but are way ahead of anything the so-called New Wave (with its stuttering scripts, faulty story-telling, amateur production values and intellectual pretensions) could ever come up with. You'll think you're watching outtakes of "A Hard Day's Night" and the film would still be better than most of today's US suspense-actioners if it hadn't been for the invention of the steadycam. You haven't truly lived until you have experienced Jane Fonda's French-speaking virginal sex kitten act. A taut thriller, extremely modern, from a filmmaker who was always synonymous with the principle of "quality first". Like many French film classics, it is inspired by those oh-so-exotic British/US "romans noirs" (crime novels). And it is a statement on the cold fact that women are about to take over the world and that those lovely little menzipoos can only be relied on for violence and sex.
View MoreThis movie is wonderful! Very suspenseful, sexy and well acted. Jane Fonda is great and Alain Delon just freezes the screen with his coolness. Action packed and full of twists and turns. Get this movie if you can! You will not guess the ending. If you like cool cars, great B&W shots, 60's seduction and French movies in general this is the one for you. Everything that was missing from THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY is in this forgotten gem.
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