A little bit of a slower week for me as it was my first major screening week of the new year with Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and Ride Along and as a result, at home, I only watched one movie, Jean-Pierre Melville‘s Bob le Flambeur.
I wrote the following about Bob le Flambeur on my Letterboxd.com list for the year:
A film where I could imagine a remake starring Burt Lancaster in Roger Duchesne’s title role and now the earliest Melville film I’ve seen. Has some rough patches in the second act, but the third act plays out unlike what I expected. Goes to show why the New Wave is looked upon so favorably. Although this is considered something of a precursor to the New Wave movement, it features a lot of the cinematic details associated with some of my all-time favorite films.
Other than that, I did finish reading Mark Harris’ “Pictures at a Revolution“, which is a great book centering on the events that led up to, and the making of, the 1968 Best Picture nominees — In the Heat of the Night, Bonnie and Clyde, Doctor Dolittle, The Graduate and Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. If you’re looking for a book on the industry, definitely give it a look.
Now, what did you watch?
