DISQUS

The Al Murray sketch show is so poor that it plays like a parody of some really bad 1980's ITV show featuring someone like Bobby Davro or Les Dennis...it cynically & blatantly copies characters previously seen on shows like Little Britain, The Fast Show & League of Gentlemen and panders to morons in its attitudes toward homosexuality, sex & issues like political correctness. I did not think Murray was funny in his Harry Hill days, the Pub Landlord is basically a dumbed down Alf Garnett & this rubbish is painfully unfunny...."Barrington Blowtorch"? What is this, Russ Abbot's Madhouse? It is desperate & tedious in the extreme

Delon is thinking "What big earlobes Conte has".

Un Flic is an odd film, deliberately so I think...I reckon Melville knew that the model work looked like kid's toys, I'm sure it was done on purpose because there is an equally poor piece of set work masquerading as a street. Love the shot where Delon looks at the dead face of the prostitute. Also a track from Michel Colombier's album "Wings" is used to great effect very briefly near the beginning.

I'd rate L'Armee Des Hombres as my favourite...it's just so well made & moving (with one of the greatest themes ever by Eric Demarsan), the nightime shot of the beach with the cliff is incredible, not sure why the opening shot is regarded by Melville as the best thing he ever did, it doesn't strike me as that impressive. Le Cercle Rouge comes second, though it is too long. Le Samourai is a little too "straight" for me.

A favourite of mine too, one of those films that you don't tire of seeing. In fact, if the truth be known, given the choice I'd rather watch Tony Arzenta than Le Samourai or Le Cercle Rouge...it's just a much more entertaining experience. The Japanese dvd recently went oop, though I think the French language dvd is still available.

Odd that English speaking Anton Diffring is dubbed if it was shot in English.