Ep #2 - Le Samurai

 

Is Le Samurai (1967) any good despite having no samurai? Will Chandler ever learn not to curse? Will the BFI please stop putting more than 100 movies on their 100 “Greatest Films of All Time” lists? Find out about all this and more on this week’s episode!

Movie of the Week

Le Samouraï (1967)

A mysterious professional assassin kills a nightclub owner after completing a complex pre-assassination routine. But when he is picked up in a sweep of suspects by the cops his employers panic and a crafty detective is hot on his tail.

Spoilers for this movie and a few other Jean Pierre Melville movies, all of which are some 50 years old.

Show Notes

Sight & Sound Magazine

Cahiers du Cinema

Film Sync Podcast

Le Samouraï (1967)

Jean Pierre Melville

Army of Shadows (1969)

Kanopy - Library Streaming Service

Next Episode

Last Year at Marienbad (1961)

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