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In Reply to: Great, great, great Clouzot movie posted by clarkjohnsen on April 22, 2003 at 12:07:31:
Aren't they all? Add a few more "greats"... Great actors, Great story, Great atmosphere, Great filmmaking
I think his real strength as a director is that the mixture of Gallic noir, and Black and White film, is tempered with a very fine balance of humor that keeps the viewer intrigued and distracted at the same time; it's subtle, clever and very "Hitchcock"
The Adjani/Stone Les Diaboliques remake totally missed this, and devolved into simple horror which was a mistake the original (thankfully) never made
Even Cathy Bates couldn't save that one
Eric
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Clousot is completely different than Hich. The camera & the angle & the plot...Everything, Even if Sir Alfred did film an Boileau-Narjac book ( Birds ) .
And if the French " film noir " did try to emulate some of the US production of the 40 / 50, it was never quite the same.
And certainly not Hitchcook.
Argue with *him* if you don't think it's subtle, etc.
In spelling....To quick I am....
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