Watched an old Noir film about prison brutality, Brute Force (1947).
Does a good job of making the prisoners sympathetic, and even makes some commentary about how prison labor undercuts good union jobs.
Never seen Hume Cronyn in such a sinister role before.
Also uses any excuse to have Burt Lancaster take his shirt off.
Brief cameo of Yvonne De Carlo.
#Noir #ACAB #Prison #PrisonLabor #BurtLancaster #JulesDassin #HumeCronyn #YvonneDeCarlo #Union
#criterion #noir #acab #prison #prisonlabor #burtlancaster #JulesDassin #humecronyn #yvonnedecarlo #union
Because the French #film #Rififi was the first time I encountered #JulesDassin's name, I actually thought he was also #French. I literally spent decades pronouncing his name the French way (rhyming with Chopin*, Bazin, coq au vin, etc).
* I also thought Chopin was French. (I mean, yeah he got his name from his French father, but the composer is apparently Polish)
#film #rififi #JulesDassin #french #movies #cinemastodon #cinema
Because the French #film #Rififi was the first time I encountered #JulesDassin's name, I actually thought he was also #French. I literally spent decades pronouncing his name the French way (rhyming with Chopin*, Bazin, coq au vin, etc).
* I also thought Chopin was French. (I mean, yeah he got his name from his French father, but the composer is apparently Polish)
#film #rififi #JulesDassin #french #movies #cinemastodon #cinema
Some directors to know me by in no order:
#JohnCarpenter
#EricRohmer
#YasujiroOzu
#IngmarBergman
#AkiraKurosawa
#darioargento
#NuriBilgeCeylan
#ClaireDenis
#AbbasKiarostami
#JeanPierreMelville
#satyajitray
#BelaTarr
#QuentinTarantino
#AgnesVarda
#JulesDassin
#JohnCarpenter #EricRohmer #yasujiroozu #IngmarBergman #AkiraKurosawa #darioargento #NuriBilgeCeylan #ClaireDenis #AbbasKiarostami #JeanPierreMelville #satyajitray #BelaTarr #QuentinTarantino #AgnesVarda #JulesDassin