Army of Shadows

(1969)

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Army of Shadows
(1969)
9.50
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Plot/Story

9.00

Characters

10.00

Acting

10.00

Cinematography

10.00

Production Design

9.00

Sound

9.00

Execution

10.00

Emotional Impact

9.00

Overview: Betrayed by an informant, Philippe Gerbier finds himself trapped in a torturous Nazi prison camp. Though Gerbier escapes to rejoin the Resistance in occupied Marseilles, France, and exacts his revenge on the informant, he must continue a quiet, seemingly endless battle against the Nazis in an atmosphere of tension, paranoia and distrust.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Release Date: 1969-09-10

Genres: War History Thriller


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I had never seen a film on the French Resistance during the second world war. At nearly two-and-a-half hours, mainly in French with some German and English, it requires commitment and focus from the viewer, as the resistance had required of its leaders and followers. The viewer is challenged with what I would call a minimalist film - stark, quiet, bare, cold, and alien. Army of Shadows (L'Armee des Ombres) has, in retrospect by critics and a new audience, emerged as director Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece. But beware, the year 2020 may not be the best time to view this. Roger Ebert's 1969 review described Melville's masterpiece as this: "Rarely has a film shown so truly that place in the heart where hope lives with fatalism." Or perhaps it would be the perfect film with which to close 2020. Look for the Criterion Collection, whose high-definition digital transfer was supervised by the film's director of photography, Pierre Lhomme.

By : Arnold P. | Date : 3 years ago



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