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1. BRITISH AND FRENCH NOIR.

Author

McDonald, Neil

Subjects
*FILM noir, *MOTION pictures, *WOMEN in motion pictures, *MORSE, Inspector (Fictional character)
Abstract

Explores British and French film noir, which is literally black film or cinema. Sample of film noir that can be found in women's pictures; Overview of the films based on the character of Inspector Morse; Basis of the films "Rififi" and "Le Cercle Rouge"; Reason "Rififi" was banned in Mexico.

Published
2003

2. Underworlds.

Subjects
CROUPIER (Film), RIFIFI (Film), OWEN, Clive, 1964-, DASSIN, Jules, 1911-2008
Abstract

Reviews two motion pictures "Croupier," starring Clive Owen and "Rififi," directed by Jules Dassin.

Published
2000

3. Films.

Author

Klawans, Stuart

Subjects
*MOTION pictures, *POETRY (Literary form), *CAPER films
Abstract

The article presents information on two motion pictures "The Wind Will Carry Us," directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and "Rififi," directed by Jules Dassin. In Kiarostami's film, poems are shared like a secret language. The poetry is stanzaic, cadenced, written in the plainest speech and yet charged with overt symbolism and furtive meanings. Rialto Pictures has just put into circulation the new print of "Rififi." Released in 1995, the film startled early viewers with its location shots of a thoroughly untouristic Paris and its methodical, how-to presentation of a jewel heist.

Published
2000

4. Thieves' Highway/Night and the City/Rififi.

Author

Georgakas, Dan

Subjects
THIEVES' Highway (Film), NIGHT & the City (Film), RIFIFI (Film), DASSIN, Jules, 1911-2008
Abstract

The article reviews several films directed by Jules Dassin, released on DVD format, including "Thieves' Highway," "Night and the City," and "Rififi."

Published
2007

5. FILM REVIEWS.

Author

Arthur, Paul

Subjects
*MOTION pictures
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture `Rififi.'

Published
2000

6. THE LOOK OF SILENCE.

Author

Davies, Sam

Subjects
*SOUND in motion pictures, *MOTION picture sound effects, *SILENCE, *FILMMAKING
Abstract

The article focuses on the aspects silence and sounding in cinema, considering the industry as the art of noise combining various forms of music, words, whimpers. Topics discussed include how filmakers abhor silence within the film they are producing by filling music or dialogue, the aspects of sounding of several films including "Grizzly Man," "Céline and Julie Go Boating," and "Rififi," and the emotional implication of cinematic silence linked in the film.

Published
2016

7. Rififi/Thief.

Author

Dick, Jeff T.

Subjects
RIFIFI (Film), THIEF (Film), DASSIN, Jules, 1911-2008, MANN, Michael (Michael Kenneth), 1943-, CAAN, James, 1940-2022
Published
2014

8. Rififi.

Subjects
*BLU-ray discs
Abstract

The article reviews the blu-ray and DVD double format release of the film "Rififi," directed by Jules Dassin and starring Jean Servais and Marie Sabouret.

Published
2011

9. The Thin Red Lines.

Author

Zalewski, Daniel

Subjects
*MOTION picture plots & themes, *SCREENWRITERS, *CAPER films
Abstract

Criticizes so-called heist movies for the use of too many high-tech gadgets to commit crimes. View that such motion pictures need a computer-literate screenwriter who can stage an electronic heist; Idea that modern security systems have ruined the credibility of the heist film; Opinion that technological innovation can stifle the imagination; Mention of the films 'Rififi,' 'Ocean's Eleven,' 'The Score,' and others.

Published
2002

10. RIFIFI (Film).

Subjects
RIFIFI (Film), SERVAIS, Jean, MANUEL, Robert
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture "Rififi," starring Jean Servais and Robert Manuel.

Published
1989

11. French crime.

Subjects
*MOTION pictures, *CRIME in motion pictures, *MOTION picture industry
Abstract

The article presents several French crime motion pictures including "Le Samouraï," directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, "La Balance," directed Bob Swaim and Reymond Le Plont, "Pépé le Moko," directed by Julien Duvivier, "Quai des Orfèvres,." directed by Henri-George Clouzet and "Rififi," directed by Jules Dassin.

Published
2005

12. Rififi (Motion picture).

Author

Rothenberg, Robert S.

Subjects
*VIDEO reviews
Abstract

Reviews the digital video disc version of the motion picture 'Rififi.'

Published
2002

13. RIFIFI (Film).

Subjects
RIFIFI (Film), DASSIN, Jules, 1911-2008, SERVAIS, Jean, MANUEL, Robert
Abstract

Reviews the film, "Rififi," directed by Jules Dassin, starring Jean Servais and Robert Manuel.

Published
1986

14. It's All About a Dishonest Day's Work.

Author

Lim, Dennis

Subjects
*FILM noir, *GANGSTERS in motion pictures
Abstract

IN ''The Asphalt Jungle,'' a 1950 noir by John Huston that is credited with creating the template for the heist film, a duplicitous lawyer observes that ''crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.'' The idea of crime as a line of work -- hardly an honest one, but a job all the same, requiring an investment of skill and labor -- is central to this most process-oriented of cinematic genres. Crime is encoded in the DNA of the movies -- Edwin S. Porter's stick-'em-up one-reeler, ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1903), was the very first narrative film -- but heist pictures began to flourish only in the 1950s as Hollywood's Production Code began losing its bite. ''Methods of crime should not be explicitly presented,'' according to the code, which was adopted in 1930 and further stipulated that ''theft, robbery, safe-cracking and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc., should not be detailed in method.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010

15. Will the Heist Work? Will the Movie?

Author

Rafferty, Terrence

Subjects
*CAPER films
Abstract

IF you go to the movies at all regularly, chances are good that by the time the end credits have rolled on your earthly existence, you'll have spent a couple hundred hours or so sitting in the dark watching small groups of very intense people stealing stuff from banks, art museums, racetracks, casinos, high-end jewelers, armored cars and railroad trains. Ever since John Huston's ''Asphalt Jungle'' set the pattern for the genre in 1950, the heist picture has been enduringly popular with film audiences around the world, for reasons that surely have something to do with the universal allure of ill-gotten gains. But while the dream of the big score may be what attracts the audience's attention, the classic heist movies, like ''The Asphalt Jungle,''Jules Dassin's ''Rififi'' (1955) and Stanley Kubrick's ''The Killing'' (1956), all show -- sometimes in excruciating detail -- that the acquisition of easy money can be mighty hard work. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2008

16. AT THE MOVIES.

Author

Kehr, Dave

Subjects
WHAT Lies Beneath (Film), RIFIFI (Film), KIAROSTAMI 101 (Film)
Abstract

Reviews three motion pictures. `Rififi,' by Jules Dassin; `What Lies Beneath,' by Robert Zemeckis; `Kiarostami 101,' by Abbas Kiarostami.

Published
2000

17. A Noir Classic Makes It Back From the Blacklist.

Author

Sragow, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION pictures
Abstract

Deals with the motion picture `Rififi,' written and directed by Jules Dassin, a blacklisted expatriate from the United States. Criticisms of the film; Comments from critic Francois Truffaut; Influence of the movie on other films; Characters and castings; Concept of the movie.

Published
2000

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