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Watch: Meet Jean-Pierre Melville, Cinematic Dreamer (Patreon)

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2015-08-21 20:43:28

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2016-08-23 20:57:54

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Check out the new episode of my IndieWire series! Today, we

take a look at the career of French director Jean-Pierre Melville. Melville is

one of the brilliant noir masters combining a wide variety of influences into

what can only be described as ‘Melvillian.’

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Watch: Meet Jean-Pierre Melville, Cinematic Dreamer

Watch: Meet Jean-Pierre Melville, Cinematic Dreamer [A transcript follows.] Jean-Pierre Melville was a French filmmaker celebrated for some of France's greatest crime films. He was born Jean-Pierre Grumbach on October 20 th, 1917. He chose the last name 'Melville' after notable author Herman Melville, most famous for writing the epic tale of the sea 'Moby Dick.'