nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society
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Mesrine is a two part film series directed by Jean-Francois Richet “Nobody kills me until I decide,” rages Vincent<br />
Cassel in his extraordinary performance as legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine (1936–1979), who was Robin Hood,<br />
Fantomas, Doctor Mabuse, Scarface, Butch, Sundance, and Michael Corleone all rolled into one. From 1960 til his violent death<br />
in 1979, Mesrine’s quick wit, confident swagger, and hair-trigger temper rendered him the stuff of legend in a France at once<br />
fascinated with his every move and increasingly exasperated at his propensity for successfully robbing banks and subsequently<br />
escaping from prison.<br />
In part one of this hyperventilated adaptation of<br />
Mesrine’s self aggrandizing, prison-penned memoir The<br />
Killer Instinct, echoes of GoodFellas are summoned as<br />
Mesrine eases into the criminal life under the tutelage<br />
of underworld boss Guido (Gerard Depardieu). After<br />
episodes in Canada and Arizona and the inevitable prison<br />
sentence and escape, the film climaxes in a spectacular<br />
shootout as Mesrine returns in a failed attempt to free<br />
his jailed pals.<br />
In part two, Public Enemy Number One, the gangster<br />
nearly convinces himself his actions are political at<br />
heart, although the French government, in the form of<br />
a long-suffering police commissioner (Olivier Gourmet)<br />
has other ideas. “People like it when it moves, they<br />
want action,” Mesrine tells his shocked lawyer, by way<br />
of explaining the exaggerations in his memoir. Director<br />
Jean-Francois Richet, whose work here earned him the<br />
French César for best director, has taken those marching<br />
Mesrine: Killer instinct<br />
(Part one)<br />
Thurs Nov 11 3:<strong>10</strong> PM-5:<strong>10</strong> PM<br />
FrI Nov 12 5:00 PM-7:00 PM<br />
sAT Nov 13 2:50 PM-4:50 PM<br />
[France/canada/italy, 2009, 35mm, 113 mins. in French, arabic, Spanish,<br />
and English with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.musicboxfilms.com<br />
[this film is part of lights, camera...action!: Sidebar]<br />
Mesrine: PuBlic eneMy<br />
nuMBer one (Part tWo)<br />
Thurs Nov 11 6:45 PM-9:05 PM<br />
FrI Nov 12 8:00 PM-<strong>10</strong>:20 PM<br />
sAT Nov 13 5:20 PM-7:40 PM<br />
orders to heart: the star-studded Mesrine is a propulsive epic of a life<br />
that doesn’t just involve crime but embraces it as a noble profession.<br />
[France/canada/italy, 2009, 35mm, 132 mins. in French, arabic, Spanish,<br />
and English with English subtitles]<br />
Website: www.musicboxfilms.com<br />
[this film is part of lights, camera...action!: Sidebar]