Movies

Le deuxieme souffle [Second Wind] (1966) Directed by Jean Pierre Melville. Calm, methodical and masterly crime story. Rather long at nearly 2.5 hours, but well-paced and presented. Classic French hard guys with hound dog faces who gun each other down without batting an eyelid. Probably less dialogue in this than any other talkie of its length - Melville was a master of just showing you what is happening without a lot of flash and fuss, or even background music, to try to make it "interesting." Step by step you follow the story to its inevitable end. 9/10