Rififi = Du rififi chez les hommes

Rififi Du rififi chez les hommes

DVD - 2014

A twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious robbery in the City of Light. Considered the ultimate heist movie; a melange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor that was an international hit, earned the best director prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and has proven wildly influential on decades of heist thrillers in its wake.

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Subjects
Le Breton, Auguste, > 1913-1999 > Film adaptations.
Jewelry theft > France > Drama.
Jewel thieves > France > Drama.
Gangster films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Crime films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Gangster films
Film noir
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Crime films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2014]
Language
French
English
Corporate Author
Rialto Pictures LLC
Corporate Author
Rialto Pictures LLC (production company)
Other Authors
Jules Dassin, 1911-2008 (screenwriter), René Wheeler, 1912-2000 (actor), Auguste Le Breton, 1913-1999 (-), Jean Servais, 1910-1976, Carl Möhner, 1921-2005, Robert Manuel
Edition
DVD special edition ; full screen
Item Description
Based on the novel: Du rififi chez les hommes / by Auguste Le Breton.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Special features: Interview with director Jules Dassin; set design drawings; production stills; trailer.
Originally issued as part of a Blu-ray + DVD combo pack.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation, NTSC; Dolby Digital mono., digital transfer.
Production Credits
Music, Georges Auric ; director of photography, Philippe Agostini ; editor, Roger Dwyre.
ISBN
9781604657876
Contents unavailable.
Review by Library Journal Review

Ex-cons out for one final score rise above that heist-film cliche in this pair of movies. Jules Dassin's Rififi focuses more on methodology, highlighted by a half-hour, dialog-free safe-cracking scene. In his feature-film debut, Michael Mann (Manhunter; Heat) aims Thief toward character study, with a go-it-alone robber (James Caan) obsessed with having an ideal family life reluctantly financed by one big job for Da Man. Fatalistic endings wrap up both crime thrillers, offering the sort of trappings genre fans will appreciate. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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