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Belmondo rocks! I wish I had a better grasp of his work, so this is a great idea for a thread.
My hands-down, top five are:
Breathless
Classe Tous Risques
Le Doulos
Pierrot Le Fou
Mississippi Mermaid
Two I really want to see - based on YouTube compilations that show him doing his own stunts - are:
The Burglers
Peur Sur La Ville aka The Night Caller / Fear Over The City
Not sure how these hold up as complete movies though...
When I sober up, I'll contribute t this thread as a long-term Belmondo fan.
But superb stuntwork in LE PROFESSIONEL and LE MARGINAL. PEUR SUR LA VILLE is bloomin' phenomenal. LE CASSE (THE BURGLAR) is a damned good film; an excellent adaptation of the David Goodis novel.
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I agree with my esteemed colleague here, and would like to ad Pierrot Le Fou, Borsalino and Breathless. But the ones mentioned by Paul are IMHO the best ones.Originally Posted by Paul L
Why the suddent Belmondo cravings?
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I've only recently seen his movies. We watched Breathless and two later movies that I don't know the names of that were recently released. He's ridiculously charming. We're going to look for more of his stuff this weekend.
Last edited by Alison Jane; 11-01-2019 at 04:57 PM.
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LE MAGNIFIQUE is great from what I remember, but I haven’t seen it since the 80’s. Looks like there’s a R02 blu. PIERROT LE FOU is one of my top Godard films, and JPB is great in it.
There’s a classic PDX store called Import Plaza that had a room with old, yellowing movie star posters like the classic W.C. Fields and Marx Bros. ones hanging on the wall, and there was a GREAT one of Belmondo with cigarette in mouth!
The man does seem to like to smoke.
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Seriously though - Le Doulos and Classe Tous Risques. If you liked Breathless, there's a very strong chance you'll like these (a lot) - ridiculously cool French Noir. Mississippi Mermaid, on the other hand, will be very familiar to anyone who suffered through the Antonio Banderas / Angelina Jolie potboiler, Original Sin - only with Belmondo and Denueve (and Truffaut directing) it's a pretty decent watch.
Weekend At Dunkirk (1964) is worth a watch, I think.
Two Women (1960) is a fine film. Belmondo in a supporting role.
That Man From Rio (1964) and Up To His Ears (1965) are amusing.
Stavisky... (1974). Belmondo in the title role. Pretty good.
Last edited by George Barry; 11-10-2019 at 04:48 AM.
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Two I really want to see - based on YouTube compilations that show him doing his own stunts - are:
The Burglers
Peur Sur La Ville aka The Night Caller / Fear Over The City
Not sure how these hold up as complete movies though...[/QUOTE]
I enjoyed the above films. They are both directed by Henri Verneuil, who directed Belmondo in six (or so) movies over twenty plus years. I liked The Burglars a bit more, perhaps because of Nicole Calfan and her wonderful gap toothed smile. Omar Sharif is very good in this. No Doctor Zhivago* here.
* That's not to say I don't like Omar Sharif as Doctor Zhivago. Just to say Sharif's character has a somewhat different attitude here.
Last edited by George Barry; 11-11-2019 at 04:51 AM.
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