Always Alone

         Melville's heroes walk, always alone, in a determined, pensive, unbroken, but never hurried or troubled way, keeping their inner thoughts to themselves. They measure out their destined itinerary in the steps they take, and Melville plots his mise en scene likewise. He respectfully and patiently films this action in many ways ; from a static position, in a panning shot, backwards tracking, lateral tracking. The action exists, too, to reveal the carefully chosen fragments of urban space ; by a bridge, along a tunnel, back streets, main street.

excerpt from
Melville Variations
Cristina Alvarez Lopez & Adrian Martin
2013
                                   https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-melville-variations