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Le Souffle Au Cœur (Heart Murmur) 1971
As he does so often, Malle puts the stress test to public morality, not so much to find the limits of human behavior-- as to expand them. Does he find the breaking point, in his energetic explorations of late-childhood eroticism?
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Εlevаtοr tο tһе Gаllоws 1958
This film qualifies as Malle's entry in the noir genre, with its intrigue, its moody and enigmatic performance by a young Jeanne Moreau, and a Miles Davis score to add edginess and agitation. I'm not sure I agree it's an hommage to Hitchcock, though. However you pigeonhole it, Ascenseur pour léchafaud is one of Malle's highest rated films by critics and the public alike. I'd recommend against checking the synopsis or comments on IMDB, as the slightest spoiler will diminish this film's impact. The site gives it 8 stars, if that's incentive enough to give it a try.
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Τһе L-Ѕhaреd Roоm 1962
Leslie Caron lends a soulful element to this story of an unwed mother-to-be of 27, alone in a foreign country-- a love story painted in the familiar greys of British "Kitchen Sink" realism in film. Forbes puts his customary emphasis on the musical score as a dominant element in the storyline's tone and emotional development-- the theme from Brahms's First Piano Concerto should really be credited in the cast of characters. Also already in evidence is the director's use of a major star backed by ensemble players-- Emlyn Williams, Tom Bell, Gerald Sim et al. Watch for Bernard Lee ("Q" in the Bond films), and Nanette Newman at the end of the film-- she plays Leslie Caron's "replacement," the new occupant of the L-Shaped room.
Understated and imbued with an almost mundane quality, this film nevertheless had a great impact on many of my generation, a breakthrough film not unlike Richardson's A Taste of Honey in its stretching the repressive sexual mores of those days.
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Zazie dans le Metro 1960
Zazie is the most endearing brat I've ever seen in the movies, and her madcap romp through Paris is a treat to behold. Malle cuts loose with a crazy-quilt mélange of cinematic techniques and styles, creating a herky-jerky effect that is reminiscent of silent comedy-- indeed, the way objects appear and disappear is a clear hommage to Méliès.
What an idea-- I'll create a playlist entry linking the wonderful Mélies films on YT, as a companion piece.
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