Due to the success of the first Winnipeg Strobist meetup (for more info see this post: http://lipnowski.blogspot.com/2008/06/first-winnipeg-strobist-meetup.html) I am organizing the second meetup.
the details:
WEDNESDAY JULY 09, 2008 (weather permitting)
Start time: 7:00PM
Approximate end time: 9:30PM
Location: TBD (either Birds Hill Park or at the Forks)
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST BY SATURDAY JUNE 5, 2008
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Le Samourai (The Samurai) [1967]
Considered by many as a definitive exploration of cloak-and-dagger tales as well as existentialist philosophy, Le Samourai, directed by one of the stalwarts of French Nouvelle Vague Movement (though not as universally recognized) – Jean-Pierre Melwille, the movie follows a professional hitman’s slow decline from glory thanks to a minor blemish in an otherwise efficient assassination job at a Parisian nightclub. The blemish (in this case a fatal mistake) of course is that he has mixed pleasure (read 'heart') with work. The lucid narration, the minimalist set-pieces, the languid pace, the evocative camera work that is more lyrical than taut (in a masterful genre-bending move), and a memorable anti-climax filled with irony and detached emotion – this acclaimed French post-noir has been referred to by John Woo as closest to the mythical “perfect movie”.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Genre: Post-Noir/Crime Thriller/Existential Drama/Gangster Movie
Language: French
Country: France
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