{"id":82490,"date":"2022-03-26T17:51:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T00:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82490"},"modified":"2022-05-08T19:07:02","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T02:07:02","slug":"bob-le-flambeur-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=82490","title":{"rendered":"Bob le Flambeur (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Locks are like pretty dames: to know &#8217;em, you&#8217;ve gotta work with &#8217;em.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster-88x128.png 88w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster-186x270.png 186w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Poster.png 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aging ex-gangster (Roger Duchesne) addicted to gambling decides to pull one final heist, despite warnings from a friendly inspector (Guy Decomble) &#8212; but Bob&#8217;s (Duchesne&#8217;s) plans are complicated when his protege (Daniel Cauchy) falls for a young prostitute (Isabelle Corey) Bob has taken in off the streets, and a thuggish pimp (G\u00e9rard Buhr) gets annoyed at Bob for refusing to support him.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Casinos<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Gambling<\/li>\n<li>Heists<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Pierre Melville Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;elegant, classy caper film by Jean-Pierre Melville&#8221; &#8212; not released in the U.S. until the early 1980s &#8212; is &#8220;like Kubrick&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=11375\"><em>The Killing<\/em><\/a>, made a year later, in that it brings together a group of sympathetic men &#8212; here they are more refined &#8212; to pull off an impossible robbery.&#8221; He points out that &#8220;much emphasis is placed on the planning of the crime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the crime itself only takes up the final third of the movie &#8212; and even then it doesn&#8217;t proceed anything like planned. Instead, primary focus is placed on how &#8220;wives and lovers of the men foil the plot because of greed or indifference&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bracelet-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; with &#8220;the one good female&#8221; in the film being &#8220;Bob&#8217;s bartender friend.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Bartender2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary asserts that &#8220;Melville&#8217;s picture neither looks nor feels like any other caper film,&#8221; given that the &#8220;floating camera gives the visuals a &#8216;poetic&#8217; quality&#8221;: while &#8220;we worry about Bob,&#8221; the &#8220;picture is so easygoing that we have a chance to enjoy the sights as he drives through the wide streets of Montmarte.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Streets2-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary concludes by pointing out that the &#8220;picture has interesting characters, smart dialogue, [and] several truly unusual scenes, including the off-the-wall finale.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Gambling-Finale-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in agreement with Peary&#8217;s overall assessment of this film, which has held up well and remains engaging throughout. Peary doesn&#8217;t include a few other highly regarded Melville films &#8212; including <em>Le Samourai<\/em> (1967), <em>Army of Shadows<\/em> (1969), and <em>Le Cercle Rouge<\/em> (1970) &#8212; in his <em>GFTFF<\/em>, so I may visit them as potential <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=4388\">Missing Titles<\/a> at some point. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Henri Deca\u00eb&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Still3-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Corey-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving.png 960w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Bob-le-Flambeur-Driving-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a nifty French heist film. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Foreign Gem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1458\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0047892\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/69262\/bob-le-flambeur#articles-reviews?articleId=535700\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s458bob.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1981\/09\/26\/movies\/melville-s-bob-le-flambeur.html\">NY Times Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Locks are like pretty dames: to know &#8217;em, you&#8217;ve gotta work with &#8217;em.&#8221; Synopsis: An aging ex-gangster (Roger Duchesne) addicted to gambling decides to pull one final heist, despite warnings from a friendly inspector (Guy Decomble) &#8212; but Bob&#8217;s (Duchesne&#8217;s) plans are complicated when his protege (Daniel Cauchy) falls for a young prostitute (Isabelle Corey) Bob has taken in off the streets, and a thuggish pimp (G\u00e9rard Buhr) gets annoyed at Bob for refusing to support him. 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