DVD: Georges Sellier

DVD: Georges Sellier

DVD:

Georges Sellier

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani

Melville on speed
Le doulos = hat = police informant. For Jean-Pierre Melville, this is a surprisingly fast-moving story based on the distrust between criminals, police and police informants. It turns into a fine whodunnit so it helps to keep you wits about you. This is the second ...

Army of Shadows - Criterion Collection

Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse

Criterion Collection, 2007

"Jackasses."
Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows" is a brilliant, slow-moving, and crushing cinematic treatise on morals and basic decency in a time where both have become obsolete. The French Resistance of WWII has long been a subject of historical debate (who really was a ...

Doulos: The Finger Man [Region 2]

The Red Balloon (Released by Janus Films, in association with the Criterion Collection)

Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier

Janus Films, 2008

Charming
"The Red Balloon" is probably the most charming short film ever made. That's not easy to say, of course. But the simple storyline, understated acting, and pathos of "Red Balloon" make it a delight to watch in a way that few films are. The story concerns a young boy ...