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Jan 20, 2014 · Rififi is the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned Dassin the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on the decades of heist thrillers that have come in its wake.
Jan 31, 2011 · The only concern I have about the Rififi disc is the mention of blown-out whites in the BluBrew review: I'm quite sensitive to this and didn't enjoy my viewing of the Criterion DVDs of High & Low and Late Spring as much because of it, but on the other hand, the packaging is, as usual from Arrow, very good, and the price is already much more competitive than a future Criterion Blu will ever be.
Jan 14, 2012 · Rififi’s only big supplement is an excellent 30-minute interview with Jules Dassin that Criterion recorded in 2001. Dassin first opens with a great story about being recruited to play in a studio baseball game (Fox vs. MGM) and then talks about the painful experience of being blacklisted. In this section he doesn’t only talk about his own ...
May 9, 2011 · Rififi revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassins film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant ...
Jan 14, 2014 · Rififi is the ultimate heist movie, a mélange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned Dassin the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on the decades of heist thrillers that have come in its wake.
Apr 24, 2001 · At once naturalistic and expressionistic, this melange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor was an international hit and earned Dassin the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Criterion is proud to present Rififi in a pristine digital transfer.
Dec 11, 2020 · Between 1947 and 1955 he directed a string of stylish, gritty, and hard-hitting Film Noir classics including Thieves Highway and Night And The City. Blacklisted in the communist witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities, he would continue that run with Rififi, directed in France. Each film is a diamond hard classic, weathering the test of ...
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Before making the French crime classic Rififi, Jules Dassin was arguably the greatest of film noir directors, responsible for a string of gems including The Naked City, Thieves’ Highway and Night and the City. Brute Force kickstarted that run of pictures and never did a film live up to its name more.
Aug 11, 2006 · • Trailers for The Killers, Brute Force, The Naked City and Rififi • Reversible sleeve featuring one of the original posters and newly commissioned artwork by Jay Shaw • Collector’s booklet containing new writing by Sergio Angelini and archive interviews with director Robert Siodmak, producer Mark Hellinger and cinematographer Woody Bredell, illustrated with original production stills
