Le samouraï = The samurai / Janus Films ; distribution, René Chateau ; Prodis ; [presented by] Raymond Borderie et Eugène Lépicier ; film de Jean-Pierre Melville.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm).
Title from web page. Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond. Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Wide screen (1.85:1). High Definition. Special features: Archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier; Melville-Delon: D'honneur et de nuit (2011), a short documentary exploring the friendship between the director and the actor and their icomic collaboration on this film; Plus: an essay by film scholar David Thomson. An appreciation by filmmaker John Woo and excerpts from "Melville on Melville".
Summary:
After Professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
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