Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Film noir really doesn't work in another language, I've decided. Not that Bob Le Flambeur is strictly a noir, but it has noir elements - narration, a look at a seedy gambling underworld, and so forth - and those elements don't quite get translated through subtitles. I know enough French to know that what's being said is loaded with slang. That's part of the fun of noir.
There are some wonderful parts of this film, but as I said, I really felt like I was missing out on the full picture. Knowing the full rules to baccarat would've helped a little. Also, I saw Tommy Wiseau's The Room over the weekend and my head is still reeling.
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