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| Quai des Orfevres; H G Clouzot (1947) | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 16 2008, 09:58 AM (81 Views) | |
| Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer | Jul 16 2008, 09:58 AM Post #1 |
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Since I saw Le Corbeau, The Wages Of Fear and Les Diaboliques recently I thought I'd check out another Clouzot picture. And this be IT.......whoooooooo doggie. This film started a little slow for me, but ya havta go up the big hill if ya wanna good coaster ride. Maurice and Jenny are husband and wife. He plays the piano and she sings. Dora is a childhood friend of Maurice's and she is a photographer and she lives very near the couple. Jenny becomes locally popular with an ass shaking tune about her Tra-La-La and she has dreams of starring in films. She has an opportunity to meet with a local slime wad named Brignon, a man who'll introduce her to a movie making guy. Ya see, this Brignon guy is old and he takes young ladies by Dora's for nude photo sessions, insisting they leave their shoes on during the shoots. A jealous Maurice will not stand for his wife to have lunch with a slime wad, so he heads to the location of the meeting, a restaurant, and tells Brignon, in front of a few workers, that if the old slime wad tries to meet with his wife again, he'll kill him. Maurice arrives home one night and finds out from a neighbor that Jenny has gone to see her Grandmother and that supper is prepared for him. He doesn't want the supper and is about to prepare something else when a piece of paper containing Brignon's address falls on the counter. An incensed Maurice gets his pistol, hops in his car and hits the road. His plan is a simple one: He goes to an auditorium where he knows the performers and the workers, hangs around for awhile, goes backstage and exits thru the stage door into an alley and gets in his car and drives to Mr. Brignon's house. When Maurice gets to the house he runs into a teeny problem---Mr. Brignon is dead already, lying on the floor. That is the teeny problem, the bigger problem is when Maurice leaves the house in time to see his car being driven away by a car thief. Maurice has to hoof it for 45 minutes to get back to the auditorium stage door just as the patrons are leaving for the night. There are a few twists before an inspector is on the case and he pursues Maurice, thinking the jealous man is the killer. I loved this movie as much as ANY Clouzot film I've seen. Good characters, great story and a better ending than any of the other 3.....yep, sez me. Stony's favorite scene.....the ending...let me tell ya 'bout it... The film gets the coveted 5 bong hits outta 5. |
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