He is doomed. He is an icon out of his time. He is a hired killer, yet he is a last emblem of honor in a shabby world of compromise. He is a man who believes in tiny adjustments to the perfect shadow cast by the brim of his hat, who exults in the flatness with which he can utter a line.
David Thomson
from Essay on Le Samourai
Criterion.com
2005
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Alex Vincent
Hopperesque
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
The Perfect Shadow
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