Le samouraï = : The samurai
Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.
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- ISBN: 9781681433820
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). - Publisher [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
- Copyright ©2005
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Series numbering from container spine. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Wide screen (1.85:1). "Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. Recorded in Dolby digital mono. Special features: new video interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira (13 min.) and Ginette Vincendeau (19 min.); collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer (25 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.). Booklet includes a new essay by film scholar David Thomson, a reprint of a tribute by filmmaker John Woo, and an excerpt on Le samouraï from Rui Nogueira's book Melville on Melville. GMD: videodisc. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editing, Monique Bonnot, Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, NTSC, region 1; 1.85:1 aspect ratio, monaural. |
| Language Note: | French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |