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Tag Archives: Jacques Becker
Le Trou: the Labor of Cinematic Love
When I was in graduate school I took a course about labor and cinema that had a wide range of post-war films coupled with readings from critical film studies, post-structuralist Marxism, etc. —you get the general late 1990s grad school … Continue reading
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Tagged animated gifs, Jacques Becker, Jean keraudy, labor, Le Trou, movies
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Homeboiled: Touchez pas au grisbi
Thanks to my special lady friend, our focus on French noir continues, this time with a quiet mediation on growing old in the 1954 film Touchez pas au grisbi (“Don’t touch the loot”) by Jacques Becker starring Jean Gabin. The Criterion Collection’s synopsis for the film … Continue reading
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Tagged hardboiled, homeboiled, Jacques Becker, Jean Gabin, movies
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