| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 306 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 306.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono., NTSC, region 1. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editing, Monique Bennot, Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten. |
| Summary |
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal. |
| Note |
Special features: new video interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira (13 min.) and Ginette Vincendeau (19 min.); collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer (25 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.). |
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Booklet includes a new essay by film scholar David Thomson, a reprint of a tribute by filmmaker John Woo, and an excerpt on Le samouraï from Rui Nogueira's book Melville on Melville. |
| Subject |
Assassins -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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| Added Author |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973.
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Delon, Alain, 1935-
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Périer, François.
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Delon, Nathalie, 1941-
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Chateau, René.
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Borderie, R. (Raymond), 1897-1982.
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Lépicier, Eugène.
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Rosier, Cathy.
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Boisrond, Michel, 1921-2002.
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Decae, Henri.
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Roubaix, François de.
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Nogueira, Rui.
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Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948-
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Thomson, David, 1941-
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Woo, John, 1948-
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Société nouvelle Prodis.
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| Added Title |
Samourai |
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Samurai |
| ISBN |
0780030184 |
| Standard No. |
037429208526 |
| Music No. |
SAM150 Criterion Collection |
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