Re: Movie Review- Le Cercle Rouge(1970)

Absolutely stunning!!! Not in the story line as much as in execution.
This is basically a crime heist story. What makes it so above most other crime stories nowadays is the brilliant characterization. It moves oh so slowly, the way French New Wave does but 140 minutes fly by as you get sucked into the movie. Of course the best thing about the movie is the sound and visualization. Jazz is used with perfection to complement the feel of the movie.
This is truly a movie of the 70s and as far from reality as can be, women are dolls, men are the main characters. Women in crime are molls.

I believe this was the fourth in a sequence of 'Polar'(Crime) movies made by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Can't wait to see Le Samourai.