RE: RARA-AVIS: Coup de Torchon etc. and French films


Juri Nummelin (jurnum@utu.fi)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:02:48 +0200 (EET)


On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Mark Sullivan wrote:

> Speaking of John Woo and Melville, wasn't the latter's Le Samourai
> supposed to have been the inspiration for the former's The Killer?

Yes, but Woo's film lacks almost totally the Melville film's coolness. Shooting, shooting, little moralizing, shooting, shooting, shooting.. do I need to go on? Boring film, while "Le Samourai" isn't dated a bit.

Juri jurnum@utu.fi

>
> Also, I have read that John Woo says he learned how his characters
> should hold their guns by watching Alain Delon.
>
> Mark
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