Garv’s Pick of the Week: Le Doulos (Kino Lorber)
For the release week of July 2nd:
Garv’s Pick of the Week: Le Doulos (aka The Finger Man) [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Kino Lorber is releasing a treasure trove of French crime cinema this week, including multiple titles by the premier director of French noir, Jean-Pierre Melville, as well as several titles featuring superstar Jean-Paul Belmondo. This noir teams the two of them, and the new Blu-ray is derived from a 4K restoration.
Additional Titles of Interest —
Bob Le Flambeur (aka Bob the Gambler) [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: The best known of Melville’s early gangster noirs is also a much imitated heist film.
Leon Morin, Priest (aka Léon Morin, prêtre) [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Belmondo and Melville also teamed for this drama, set in Nazi occupied France, about a female atheist who falls for a local priest.
Le Professionnel (aka The Professional) [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: A middle-aged Belmondo plays a super spy bent on revenge. He’s helped along by the music of Ennio Morricone.
The Outsider (aka Le Marginal) [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: Morricone also scores this story of a French detective (Belmondo) who infiltrates a drug trafficking ring.
FM [Blu-ray / Arrow Video]: This movie about DJs at a Los Angeles rock station is very late Seventies. Even Martin Mull is in it.
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