So there's a subcultural French crime film genre outside of Melville? I know nothing about it, who are the main directors, and what distinguishes it from the British, American, Italian and Japanese crime flicks?
Interesting, thanks. What makes them worth tracking down, though? I mean, I constantly entice people into checking out the goldmine of the Italian genres here. You have to tempt us to take the time and effort to watch these. What makes the French crime film so good? (I am a massive sceptic of French cinematic reputation, will take a lot to convince me otherwise.)
They sound exactly like the Italian ones, except that the Italian ones have now become famous for their kinetic energy, extreme violence, terrible sexual ethics and killer scores. Why have the French ones languished if they are as good as you say?
I just mean to say, for example, the Italian flicks inspired a whole documentary called 'Eurocrime'. Could the French carry that?
One of craners many contentious opinions is that the French don't understand cinema and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near movie cameras
...how have these been ignored?