"I thought I told you not to touch the loot?"

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Agree! My only quibble is with the way the scenes on the roadside at night at the end of the film were lit. It seemed rushed & garish. Maybe in line with the mood of the scenes, but it didn't work for me.

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I didn't think this would end up as a Max/Riton love story but there it is .

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That was a damn good short car chase.

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Marco's death broke my heart almost as much as Max's, I think.

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Dangling contrivance it appears to be. #TouchezPasAuGrisbi
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What is he, Chekhov's Henchman or dangling plot contrivance?

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They keep Angelo's henchman alive and take him with. They didn't try to
bribe him or turn him.

He's worth *something* to them. They did not determine what he's worth to Angelo: is he a random? a relative?

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Note how Max doesn't even bother to try to trade Angelo's henchman for Riton. It would have been an interesting choice to have him try, and show how little Angelo cares for anyone. "Angelo" is foreign name here, isn't it?

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I think sound work is an underappreciated feature of noir. #TouchezPasAuGrisbi
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I want an anthology crime show set in Madame Bouche's place. Cheers meets Rockford Files.

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Max gets a call
for some afternoon
delight.

Alternate title for: #TouchezPasAuGrisbi

Everybody Wants Max

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The small melody played when Max's uncle shows him the "wanted" poster and Max's favorite tune seem to be an inspiration for the Godfather theme. #TouchezPasAuGrisbi
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The subtitles must have converted to $ and reflected 2 years depreciation plus grey market discount, as the Vedette retailed for 800K FFr, or about $225K US In 1952 ($2.7M in 2025!)

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Thanks to a 16yo post on Moviechat.com, Max's white car is identified as a 1952 Ford Vedette.

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The sweet domesticity of this scene in the safe house. Reminds me of this Flaubert line: Be regular and orderly in your life, like a bourgeois, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

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oooh, on Criterion Channel! Perfect for a jet lag day! Merci, Marci!

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That and the butter/soft cheese Max serves in his safe house later on! We should replace "supersized" with "grisbi-sized"

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A good variation on #TouchezPasAuGrisbi
#DontTouchTheLoot would be a Sting mashup, where Angelo trues to con them out of their loot, rather than force it out of them.

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The floor show was...languid? Just a relaxed, careless feel if you contrast it against Hollywood movies with dance acts in a nightclub.

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Regardless of whether that's butter or a soft cheese, that's one hell of a breakfast!

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I love how all the fancy wine and champagne is put in what we'd consider the wrong glasses in the nightclubs and in Max's hideaway: plain glassware.

Like the characters holding this wealth. Only the fancy car stands out.

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What I'm saying is: This fancy car hiding 200lbs of gold is the first mistake.

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When my great-grandfather had to sneak over borders with 10,000 dinars to get them stamped with the right country's stamp so they'd be worth something, he dressed like an indigent over his money belt and took back roads.

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200 pounds of gold in 2025 would be worth $10.5M

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51K in French francs would be $14.6K in 1954, which would be $174K in 2025.

That must be some ride.

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The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.

Using a #TCMDVRParty and #NoirAlley over breakfast to
overcome jetlag.

The first thing that occurred to me during Eddie's intro to #TouchezPasAuGrisbi
( #DontTouchTheLoot) when he explained the past heist is never seen is this line from Balzac:

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The glasses summed up everything perfectly #TCMParty #NoirAlley #DontTouchtheLoot

I really liked this one #NoirAlley #DontTouchtheLoot #TCMParty

I'd love the minimalist #2 to add to my wall of framed movie posters. No duds in this week's selections, though. #TCMParty #NoirAlley #TouchezPasAuGrisbi #Grisbi #HonourAmongThieves #DontTouchTheLoot #FilmNoir #DarknessAtNoon