1962 French crime dramaRating: 16/20
Plot: After showing up at a party wearing nearly identical hats, some French guys decide that they'll be seen as unoriginal. Instead of handling the problem like the mature adults that they are, they decide to kill each other.
Another hyper-cool and ultra-stylish French gangsta flick from Jean-Pierre Melville. The characters' motivations aren't always well-defined, at least in the beginning, which makes the plot a little confusing until things unfold completely at the end. Every character is duplicitous which makes for an almost out-of-control series of plot twists in an otherwise tidy and tight little story. Melville's visual flair, a sort of artful grittiness, is evident from the very first scene, and there's something really addictive about the unrelenting seedy tone this sustains throughout. I'm really starting to think that Jean-Paul Belmondo just might be the coolest actor of all time, but I think I might get him confused with another guy some times. Cool, cool stuff.
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