Le Samourai wields a cumulative impact that defies dissection, the undercurrent of piercing sadness all the more powerful for Melville's refusal to weep for a killer. It is precisely the sense that Jef knew he didn't deserve anyone's tears, the portrayal of life nullified, that provokes sorrow, for the sense that anyone should exist in such perfect solitude and pain is almost too awful to face.
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Roderick Heath
Filmfreedonia.com
2017
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Le Samourai
1967
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