I think the last French crime film that had any degree of exposure in
the U.S. was Tell No one, based on a Harlan Coben novel. Am I right?
I missed it but I've been told it's very good and it did enjoy some
critical success. You'd think this would've encouraged distributers
to carry similar films even if only as limited releases.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Gonzalo Baeza" <gbaeza@> wrote:
> >
> > I envy you. I love watching foreign crime films and what little
I've
> > seen of the French school has really impressed me. I recently
bought
> > a book on crime films during the Franco years and some of them
seem
> > really interesting. I also saw a Chilean movie called Tony
Manero,
> > which the LA Times recently mentioned as a possible Oscar
contender.
> > It wasn't nominated in the ned, but it is still pretty good.
> >
>
> Indeed, something that pains me is that in the past couple of
decades,
> the US public has become less and less knowledgeable about French
> cinema, at least in my experience. Also there is a retreat in
> knowledge of the French language, but that is another story.
> Distribution has something to do with the French film problem and
with
> the foreign film problem in general.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
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