Le Samouraï (1967) - An Auteur's Masterpiece | Jean-Pierre Melville | Video Essay

Le Samouraï - the 1967 neo-noir crime thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville is quite arguably one of my favourite movies. Known to have sparked the lone-wolf archetype seen in other movies like Taxi Driver (1976), Nightcrawler (2014) or Drive (2011), Le Samouraï is a near perfect masterpiece- blending together a simple story through its crafty cinematography, brilliant background score and some amazing acting.
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[@TejasThakare]

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[@davidhaley845]

I watched this film in 1973 , I was 13 years old and it was hypnotic. I am now 63 and last year I bought the DVD for my collection it's rarely seen on T.V at all which I find quite odd. For me it's the best film I ever saw, a simple absorbing story brilliantly acted and stylishly shot. Jef is a hitman a loner and lonely except for his caged bird but despite his job we all are drawn to him . I would urge everyone to watch this movie it will stay with you as it has with me for 50 years.

[@kamandi1362]

"Quite arguably one of my favourite movies." Who would you argue with? Yourself?

[@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo]

Now thats a true film fan

[@Skedawg88]

English isn’t his primary language.

[@Dondillilochevrolet]

So good I heard that and was like wtf lol

[@cafefikar]

Jsjsj 😂 . Anyway I'm curious about the film.

[@mynameisjefferson3771]

You’ve never argued with yourself before? lol

[@MariaAlvarez-sm8bv]

Absolutely true. This film should never be missed. It's a great masterpiece.

[@mjbachman3027]

Army of Shadows, Jean-Pierre Melville's film released in 1969 about the WWII French Resistance, uses the same dull blues and gray color pallet that Le Samourai uses.

[@modusvivendi1442]

One of my all time favourites too. Along with Le Cercle Rouge of course. It's strange, 55 years after its release it still keeps intriguing. Great analysis. Thank you.

[@doryenmctown4795]

I love it. Just rewatched it ❤ Alain Delon is a Man’s man

[@joshrandall7346]

One of the best AD and JPM movies!!! Thanks!

[@arkdark5554]

An absolute masterpiece. One of my best movies of all times.

[@pascalmalaurie1830]

Fabuleux Melville. Fabuleux delon Fabuleux samouraï

[@ponypower8]

I'll look for this movie. As someone who likes to research classics, influential, trailblazing and historical films, your review of this old movie has definitely piqued my interest. Thank you.

[@catherinefotic4614]

Jean Pierre Melville was one of the emblematic filmmakers of the "French New-wave" making movies as the "Red circle" with Alain Delon and Yves Montand or even "Le Doulos" with the great Jean Paul Belmondo. He (re)created in France an atmosfere of the cop films as "Asphalt Jungle".. Le Samouraï based on the "japanese Ronins" The actress Cathy Rosier was charming.

[@fabiengerard8142]

🎬 Melville wasn't part of the Nouvelle Vague at all. Except JLG kind of paid homage to him in his legendary 1959 directorial debut, "Breathless", because he'd particularly praised as a critic Melville's atypical style in his latest movie, "Bob le Flambeur" -- partly a model for "Breathless". 👌🏻👌🏾👌

[@edheliosz]

Thank you for this wonderful review. One of my greatest possessions is the Criterion DVD of this masterpiece. 🙏

[@josepdalmauanglada]

is from the Melville & Delon Proportion and Perfection ¡...... Lux and Thank you

[@DK-yq5nx]

Le Samurai and Le Circle Rouge. Masterpieces.

[@fabiengerard8142]

Any Melville movie is.

[@yashsachdeva03]

This video so good, I'll watch it even after knowing the spoilers just to re-watch the video later

[@TejasThakare]

🥺

[@mac2phin]

A ronin is masterless; a samurai answers to a master or a shogun.

[@dominiquerobinet7529]

Delon ❤

[@user-kx1rd3hz5k]

It was definitive for my life till I broke out of it's perfectionism.

[@carloscanas4803]

Alain delon along with jean paul belmondo are my two favorite actors of all time i have almost all his films and le samurai is my favorite Alain delon thak you for alll the great films

[@TheWizardofOdds-ut2bx]

Legends of French New Wave cinema

[@dominiqueguisset1243]

Bonjour merci le samouraï mon 1er film avec Alain Delon souvenirs fantastique. Il reste mon film Fétiche. Super merci beaucoup.

[@dominiqueguisset1243]

Bonjour merci beaucoup.

[@_AdaWRempe]

I watched this movie with an ex boyfriend, I remember feeling so connected to the character, he is a incredible actor. I rewatched it recently and all memories started to flush back…

[@RheaDamani]

Really well analysed 👏🏽🤩

[@TejasThakare]

🤙

[@sz8526]

Fantastic analysis on this film! Really great video!

[@ritaksudan7521]

Well done mate.

[@ricardolorrio8228]

great review... depending on what day it is.. this is my favourite movie...

[@bigoudi07]

6:11 what's the song's name please ? Edit : found the song. It's Contract Organ.

[@user-dz3xw2sr2t]

画面のトーンが素晴らしい。 ドロンはこの一作だけでも映画の歴史に名前を刻めると信じています。

[@namratathakare5186]

Very nicely explained 👍👌😊

[@TejasThakare]

❤️

[@lacanian1500]

have you seen any other melville?

[@guzy1971]

Don’t forget the music

[@Aleman_Luis]

Mine too.

[@Erichasnoidea]

have you seen The killer yet?

[@sounakmukherjee3866]

Cinematography was done by Henri Decaë

[@BenRangel]

5:55 Is "a shadow of a doubt" a phrase in french?

[@nicolas.i1889]

@BenRangel Yes, it's the literal translation of "l'ombre d'un doute", it saids that something is not definitely sure

[@BenRangel]

@@nicolas.i1889 thanks!

[@Senecavit]

It's 1943 movie 🙂

[@fgsproducer]

Great video. A spoiler alert is welcome though

[@user-df5tt8tc2z]

Near the end he should have released his bird as a foretelling of his suspected death…director’s unfortunate mistake…the bird left in the cage in his apartment was worrisome at the end…

[@arsenic9998]

yes, I know...I thought so too

[@Johnconno]

Mwahaha! The French! Jef Costello!

[@HarshwardhanPoddar]

Goooooo

[@TejasThakare]

👊

[@jaeger1989]

Still prefer Le Cercle Rouge 😂😂😂

[@iona.1footinfront840]

Please don’t use such distracting captions - they are totally unnecessary and spoil the beautiful visuals.

[@kathrynj.hernandez8425]

They are useful, helpful for clarity when dialect gets in the way. These are not captions, they are subtitles.

[@castelodeossos3947]

@@kathrynj.hernandez8425 Have read that Americans have an especial dislike for subtitles, which is why most Americans rarely have seen any foreign film. It is also why successful foreign films so often are remade in an American version. Subtitles don't bother me in the slightest. As for 'captions', please check Wiktionary and Fowler's Modern English Usage.

[@cookieface80]

I thought it was average at best with poor pacing. The main character has to be worst hitman I've ever seen depicted in a film; He shoots someone in a crowded place with an unsilenced gun, walks out the front door in full view of everyone and then continues to wear the same outfit that he knows witnesses saw him wearing.

[@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo]

Or he makes all those decisions hoping to come to his end

[@cookieface80]

@@StepbyStepPhotographyandVideo Wasn't there a part where one of the people he works for tries to kill him and he wrestles the gun out of his hand? He probably should've just let himself get shot then and end the movie sooner.

[@matsanw]

You're aware silencers are a movie trope that didn't even exist then, and that it's completely BS in real life, right? Still, the problem with the hit wasn't even the noise, but that someone unexpected showed up at the corridor. Still he had a tight alibi, and wasn't even wearing the coat when he was caught. The idea of him just let himself be shot is laughable since it would go against the whole point of the character's code of conduct. I don't know what's wrong with the pacing either, but oh well.

[@cookieface80]

@@matsanw He lets himself get shot at the end of the movie.

[@nimazsheik5152]

Just learn to enjoy the movie's style and neo-noir vibes. Don't have to think so deep. I swear you 'reddit reviewers' are one of the worst things to happen to cinema.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

I watched it yesterday and it was a tedious bore.

[@feral9902]

Army of Shadows is Melville's masterpiece.