Match Cut Directors Consensus - Jules Dassin

[dreamdead]

Here we are for some film noir and expressive cinematography by Jules Dassin.

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Filmography:

The Tell-Tale Heart
Nazi Agent
The Affairs of Martha
Reunion in France
Young Ideas
The Canterville Ghost
Two Smart People
A Letter for Evie
Brute Force
The Naked City
Thieves' Highway
Night and the City
Rififi
He Who Must Die
The Law
Never on Sunday
Phaedra
Topkapi
10:30 P.M. Summer
Survival 1967
Up Tight!
Promise at Dawn
The Rehearsal
A Dream of Passion
Circle of Two

[Adam]

Rififi 8

[Boner M]

Brute Force - 7
Thieves' Highway - 7
Night and the City - 8.5
Rififi - 9

[Mysterious Dude]

Brute Force - 6.5
The Naked City - 10
Thieves' Highway - 8
Night and the City - 8
Rififi - 7.5
Never on Sunday - 5.5

[Spinal]

Rififi - 8

[ContinentalOp]

He's one of my favorites, in my top 10 for sure.

Brute Force- 8.5
The Naked City- 9
Thieves' Highway- 7.5
Night and the City- 9.5
Rififi- been too long, remember loving it
Topkapi- been too long, remember liking it
Never on Sunday- 7

[B-side]

Brute Force- 7

[Weeping_Guitar]

Rififi - 9.5
Never on Sunday- 7

[Yxklyx]

The Tell-Tale Heart - 7
Brute Force - 7
The Naked City - 7
Thieves' Highway - 9
Night and the City - 8
Rififi - 8

[Raiders]

Night and the City (1950) 8.0
Rififi (1955) 8.0

[Sven]

The Affairs of Martha - 7.5
Reunion in France - 7.5
The Canterville Ghost - 8
Two Smart People - 8
A Letter for Evie - 8
Brute Force - 8
The Naked City - 7.5
Thieves' Highway - 8.5
Night and the City - 10
Rififi - 9
The Law - 9
Never on Sunday - 7
Topkapi - 10
10:30 P.M. Summer - 8.5

I have a few others, but I don't think I'll get a chance to see them by the time the week is through. He's one of the best, surely.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Rififi - 10
Topkapi - 8.5

[Grouchy]

Rififi - 9

[soitgoes...]

Nazi Agent (1942) - 6.5
Brute Force (1947) - 8.5
The Naked City (1948) - 7.5
Thieves’ Highway (1949) - 8.5
Rififi (1955) - 10
Never on Sunday (1960) - 5.5
Topkapi (1964) - 7.5

[Qrazy]

Brute Force - 8
The Naked City - 7
Thieves' Highway - 7.5
Night and the City - 9
Rififi - 9.5

[Ezee E]

Rififi - 7

[Spaceman Spiff]

Night and the City - 9
Rififi - 9

[dreamdead]

Rififi - 7.5

Solid build-up and deconstruction of the heist film, exploring men's fallibility and weakness with due psychological detail. I like the one detail of the spectator shooting Cesar. However, the very end of the film careens into awkward melodrama as Stéphanois races against time to return Tony to his mother. It's awkwardly scored and contains more cliched drama than even Fuller would posit in a film. Pretty great up until that moment, though.

[thefourthwall]

Riffi - 8

What an excellent heist film, although I did feel the aftermath of the robbery was a bit odd. There either needed to be a little bit more or a little bit less to really focus the themes. I did like the neatness of the plot, although...

stupid woman, why didn't she take the suitcase, too?

[Raiders]

However, the very end of the film careens into awkward melodrama as Stéphanois races against time to return Tony to his mother. It's awkwardly scored and contains more cliched drama than even Fuller would posit in a film. Pretty great up until that moment, though.

I both agree with this part and want to slap you at the same time.

:P

[dreamdead]

I both agree with this part and want to slap you at the same time.

:P

You know what I mean, though. :P Fuller loves piling on layers of melodrama to achieve an affect. Here it feels like Dassin went overboard and felt such a humanistic portrayal from earlier could be augmented by a final take on excess. It doesn't work, whereas Fuller was typically able to integrate such ideas better.

Jules Dassin results:
Night and the City – 8.75 (8)
Rififi – 8.5625 (16)
The Naked City – 8 (6)
Thieves’ Highway – 8 (7)
Brute Force – 7.5625 (8)
Never on Sunday – 6.4 (5)

Did not Qualify:
The Law – 9 (1)
Topkapi – 8.6667 (3)
10:30 P.M. Summer – 8.5 (1)
The Canterville Ghost – 8 (1)
Two Smart People – 8 (1)
A Letter for Evie – 8 (1)
The Affairs of Martha – 7.5 (1)
Reunion in France – 7.5 (1)
The Tell-Tale Heart - 7 (1)
Nazi Agent – 6.5 (1)

Biggest Fan (by a lot): Sven
Other Fans: Antoine and soitgoes
Screw you, Dassin, I’m only watching Rififi: Adam, Spinal, Grouchy,Ezee E, dreamdead, thefourthwall

[Sven]

Not that I guess it matters any, but your The Law line should read " - 9 (1)"

You people really ought to get on that one, at least. And I think Topkapi would go over well.

[Spinal]

Screw you, Dassin, I’m only watching Rififi: Adam, Spinal, Grouchy,Ezee E, dreamdead, thefourthwall

What can I say? Not really that into the noir.

[Sven]

What can I say? Not really that into the noir.

His filmography is actually comprised of relatively little noir. Those're just his big'ns. I think you'd dig Topkapi, for reals. Breezy European whimsical heist caper. Peter Ustinov gives pretty much the best performance ever.

[Sven]

I could see you liking Phaedra or The Rehearsal (they are rare). Not that I've seen either, but given your interest in theater...

[Spinal]

His filmography is actually comprised of relatively little noir. Those're just his big'ns. I think you'd dig Topkapi, for reals. Breezy European whimsical heist caper. Peter Ustinov gives pretty much the best performance ever.

Queued and moved to position #4.