Un Flic

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Melville's final film was his thirteenth, a thriller inspired by the classical American models he adored. With a disregard for narrative coherence bordering on the insulting, he follows a cop across the city as the cop gradually loses it. The set-piece opening of a bank robbery on a windy coast is exceptional.

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Review by Andy Mckay on 8th April 2004

As atmospheric opening sequences go, Un Flic is a beauty, starting with the robbery of a bank in an out-of-season coastal town, rain lashing down around the protagonists.
Delon plays the "Flic" of the title, lending his customary glacial cool to the proceedings has he endeavours to bring Crenna to justice.

Nowhere near as iconic as Le Samourai, Un Flic is not Melville's greatest work, let down as it is by some decidedly "Thunderbirds" special effects during a key sequence. Deneuve is wasted, her part little more than decoration.

The film is very much of its time, rather than being timeless, but it does have curiosity value, featuring as it does, the talents of Richard Crenna. Un Flic passes the time amiably enough on a wet winter's Sunday afternoon.

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Article - "Jean-Pierre Melville: An Outsider and Proud of It" by James Oliver
Friday 15th June 2007

Jean-Pierre Melville was a combatative man. He had to struggle even to become a director, battling a sclerotic film industry that didn’t want him to join in the fun. His efforts inspired a younger generation but rather than play mentor, he savaged them. Contemporary ...  View article in full

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