On the surface the film looks as if it has changed up so much, but in actuality the book and the movie have the same heart. In 1938 in the french west africa, lucien cordier is a weak and corrupted policeman despised by the local bad boys. Download rare classic and selected films, request on classic. There are some really cool shots, and the message still gets across, not as well as thompson does it, but still. Ironically, having the dvd is better than going to the theater in 1981 when the film was released because the dvd includes an. The print used has some rough places, but not as much as expected, very clean and impressive indeed. Allotment wives 1945 william nigh, kay francis, paul kelly, otto kruger, crime, drama, film noir doctor yes. However philippe sardes score especially at the start seems a trifle overdone and out of synch with the tone of the film. The local criminals openly mock luciens inability to put a stop to their. Bertrand tavernier quadrophilia jim thompsons comic pulp novel pop. The film changes the novels setting from a west texas oil boom town to a small town in french west africa. I went back to watch it again and again and every time i saw another meaning for the. I watched this film in new york when it first came out. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over 150 years of.
I went back to watch it again and again and every time i saw another meaning for the various situations. Featuring pitchperfect performances by philippe noiret and isabelle huppert, this striking neonoir straddles the line between. His wife is openly cheating on him and he hasnt got any selfrespect anymore. Lucien cordier, unique policier dune petite bourgade. But when comes the occasion, his revenge will be terrible. A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life and resorts to drastic means to do so. Lucien cordier est lunique policier dune petite ville coloniale. The film is an adaptation of jim thompsons 1964 pulp crime novel pop. Antarctica 1983 film complet en francais film complet. An inspired rendering of jim thompsons pulp novel pop. Taverniers film is about poor white trash in africa in 1938, and there are times when they seem almost real but theyre never allowed the pulse.
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