I loved this movie from the first. Bushido is not a real book, but there are a few key books that outlined the Bushido way like “Hagakure” and “The Book of Five Rings.”

Good stuff, and good luck! -My donation to the algorithm gods

Why do you speak so fast , what is the urge ? Is it propaganda or marketing : not giving any time to think ? And finally, I don't think this video is about film noir but about ideology. It is interesting a bit but not serious.

He's cooked again?

Good essay, keep it up.

amazing video, love the exploration of themes and messages.

Speaking of, “raw,” and, “unfiltered,” I just want to say, I adore your style of presentation. So many film critics and story analysts, that I do enjoy and follow on KZfaq, nevertheless waste the viewer’s time with padding (for runtime length) sponsorship ads (which I skip through) digressions and self explanation, as though they have to account for every view they have and claim some sort of publicly defined, “right,” to have an opinion. Many still, “um,” and, “errr,” so much that I just want to switch them off, saying, “Get to the point! Why make a video if you haven’t even organised your thoughts? Make notes!” But not you. You are a greyhound, flying out of the starting gate and racing through one fascinating factoid after another, or perhaps a challenging thought followed by an interrogation of the viewer’s attitudes and assumptions, as you did so brilliantly with your Film Noir video, or maybe the bold announcement that a the premise to a classic movie was a lie. I find your style so refreshing, I am filled with admiration; for your depth of knowledge, your (genuine) original and well thought out examinations of what we’re seeing and hearing, and the fact that you can organise all of this into such eloquent prose, rattling off so much information at such a rapid clip. Talk about, “Educate, Entertain and Inform”? You tick all three boxes perfectly for me. I wish there were more video makers like you out there for just about all the topics I care about (which is a very broad spectrum) as it really is a shot in the arm for me. Your style, “seems,” unvarnished and super rapid fire. But it is so eloquently well organised and laid out that the viewer retains it all with no need to concentrate especially hard. KZfaq NEEDS you and people like you. I hope these few videos you have made reach a wider audience and that you make many, many more. It’s abundantly clear that you have a lot to say of genuine value and that artists of all types would benefit from hearing it. Please make more videos and never change. Thank you, sincerely. P.S. I know I’ve been very effusive so, if you’ve read all the way down to here, thank you for your patience. I know a thing or two about this topic and I hope you will receive my comments in the sincere spirit that they are intended.

Thank you. One of the most well martialled, eloquent and thought provoking examinations of a genre I’ve seen. While exploring the heritage of Film Noir in a truly unique manner, you managed to interrogate some of that cultural baggage in a genuinely challenging and interesting way. Really enjoyed that.

Who likes any of these characters?

And Le Samourai was influenced by Alan Ladd's character in This Gun For Hire. Melville (the director) was said to be an ardent fan of American crime pictures (later defined as noir). So much so he wanted to make one of his own. The biggest hits of the noir genre, in the US, made it overseas and had their influence. Ones like Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, and yes, This Gun For Hire. Its why the origination of the term "film noir" is associated with a french critic's reaction to those exact films once released overseas, as "black films"; dark, brooding crime pictures with a more sinister bent than what the US used to be releasing before WWII. Another precursor to Le Samourai worth mentioning is Murder By Contract which came out 10 years earlier and has the same cold lonely hitman, down to the crumby apareltment and his own "code". Often seen as a very direct influence to Taxi Driver, and Scorsese i know has talked before about his experience sering Murder By Contract with his friends and how they were all blown away by it more than yhe main feature. Eveb though it was considered the "B" movie in the lineup he thought it was far superior.

Having some difficulty separating the artist from the art as Alain Delon was a total knob. Something about knowing he knocked up Nico and then refused to acknowledge it just super turned me off.

Fantastic video. I hope the performance of this video doesn't get you down. You've done a great job and it's rare to find high quality in depth, highly edited work of this nature on KZfaq, so imy grateful for the effort.

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This gun for hire with Alan ladd and Veronica lake was a clear influence on le samurai. Alain delon even looks similar to Alan Ladd in this gun for hire. Jean Pierre Melville was definitely heavily influenced by American noir films.

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Great video

Glad the video is back!! Great job

He's so back?

It's back!! I spent so much time trying to find this video. I enjoyed it so much I wanted to watch it again.

YESSS

Overdone... the poster tries to psycho-anylize multiple generations...an impossible task for this forum. He will need to write a multi-volume tretis to explore even half of the subjects he raised 😊

One of the greatest films of all time. A masterclass of show-don’t-tell.

Good video, and fuck those Industry contracts. 14:02 Poor bullfinch :(

Did u re-brand your channel, Mr. Somebody-who-I-don't-remember?

Magnífico.

this is one of my favorite video essays well done

I enjoyed the first third or fourth a lot. The atmospheric or maybe charismatic parts, that is. The rest i thought didn't have a lot of appeal.

Bit of a stretch to give all the credit to Le Samurai. Le Samurai was based off American noir characters.

I am only here to say one thing , please don't give this movie to tic tok makers they will ruin !

Come on man make more content 🙏 👏 🙌 Amazing channel ❤

Frenchs know how to make a movie. Infact Hollywood borrows a lot of character arks from Frenchs.

Excellent video

15:10 So you're admitting that it is their opinion, but your excuse for them is because they're inebriated they shared it, and so if they weren't they wouldn't have said it. Either way it's still their opinion, whether they do or don't voice it doesn't change that. The negative views are still present.

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Ended in 1958 You mean with A Touch Of Evil? In 1960 it was The Killers in colour and on location blew away all the studio Noir lighting and shadows.

Yeah it's all about death and only about death before that is the style of the anti life. I laughed when people complained about Covid restrictions now they had a taste of the way. Those American characters are a Joke. Do they commit suicide at the end! No!. Wonderfull review. Hope you do more Melville again.

am I the only one that thought this film was dull as dirt?! what do you guys see in this? is this all French New Wave is? boring uninteresting characters walking around or blathering about pretentious nothings? I wanna see a good French New Wave film, not tedious bores like Breathless & This!

Great Video !

Good video and good channel

Loved the analysis! In the future would you consider trying to speak a bit slower? There’s a lot of great information and nuance in both your script and visuals but it’s often too hard to catch it all without pausing or rewatching. As a fellow fast talker I totally understand the tendency to narrate how you talk (my mom always tells me to slow down) but for audio/visual content like this I think a lot of your audience would benefit from a slower read. Looking forward to watching more of your work!

17:29 That didn't work for me. The film actually got me with the opening scene. But as soon as he was a police suspect, I left again.

incredibly well researched video. smashed it!

I just finished this after earlier tonight deciding between watching this and rewatching Blade Runner 2049. Thought I should check some opinions out and decided to give this a go. Cheers.

>Both sides miss out in this scenario 11:05 They absolutely do not. The percentage of loveless men is significantly higher than that of women, because women are happy sharing the top tier women amongst themselves. Meanwhile, average, and god-forbid, below average men are left with absolutely nothing.

Great vid!

Great video.

What a dense conclusion to an informative essay.

capitalism made film noir, bro

I'm a young film maker fresh out of film school and currently in the early pre-production phase of my next ambitious short film inspired by Blade Runner, the character of Joi, Neon Noir and Cyberpunk. While researching I came across this very well-made video essay and the relations between men and women, societal decay, loneliness, mental illness, technology and sexuality are more relevant topics in our current cultural and societal climate than ever before, and when you said "...that eventually, a new film will show this issue from a more objective carefully crafted perspective, thereby taking the power out of those in our culture who alienate us and further sow division.", it spoke to me. The topic of this film is a therapeutic way of mine into dealing with a variety of emotions and traumas I have, so it's in my best interest to make it worthwile. Well done, I will use this video as an inspiration when I decide to make my next video essay!

look, I don't consider myself a fan of capitalism as a broader socio-economic system, but the *MAIN PROBLEM* is *DEBT SERVITUDE* not capitalism per se. I mean, do you even understand the fundamentals of how the fiat currency regimes rob you of most of your earnings and wealth in both the present and more importantly the future? it forces everybody into gambling in the stock market instead of just simply putting some savings away for retirement, it creates an ultra predatory state that would otherwise be a simple parasite i don't wanna hear people bitch about capitalism if they aren't going to address this