Le Trou [Fr. The Hole - Ed.] is sometimes referred to as noir, because it's black and white, and about a bunch of crooks, although jailbreak movie is perhaps a more accurate genre niche. There's a gritty, documentary, real-time intensity to it, but the quality that raises it from any genre categorisation into greatness is its humanity. It's a message movie, but not spoon-fed by a focus group checking off diversity issues. And when you get the message, quietly delivered in the very last seconds, you never forget it.
Dig.
Dig it while you can.
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your self control in abstaining from a discussion of french holes is admirable yet somewhat disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI knew I could rely on youse bums to lower th' tone.
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ReplyDeleteMan, was I tempted this morning to make up some jive about digging in dirty holes...but, you know...the Isle Of Foam is a place of class, restraint and impeccable taste.
ReplyDeleteSo, egads, Depravos (what's in a name...a lot it seems), you filthy animal, jow dare you!!!
Gee, is this ever a swell pitcher! And dere's like woids in American right up on th' screen, on account youse bums what can read can unnerstan' what dem gunsels n' ganefs in th' Big House is speakin' (which is like the French Langwidge)!
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Poor Gaspard...
ReplyDeleteThe first time I saw this was at an all night film festival in 1970, at The Rhode Island School of Design, on two hits of "Windowpane"
Very nice pick, Farquhar
I first saw it ... no, I don't remember when I first saw it ... but it's tough to find these days (ie not immediately available on YouTube).
Delete100 top tens? That makes what 10000 movies inc. ? (math has always been my forte)
ReplyDelete26 yrs old french here, appreciate you taking the time of making my americanized culture :p
Hey! Got a younger sister? Is she a Fransayzie beaucoup?
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DeleteYour seester gave me a bleester...
... on th' keester.
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