Bob le flambeur

Gangster film noir. Bob, a former player who managed to sit on the prison bench, has recently suffered a series of setbacks that may even lead him to the streets. To fix his poor financial situation, he decides to rob a casino. But, trusting a new acquaintance whom he picked up on the street, the man risks being behind bars again. The girl betrays her good patron, as a result of which the commissioner, who once helped Bob, has to stop the crime against his will. Read more "Bob the Player" is the fourth film of Jean-Pierre Melville before his work with such famous film actors as Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. This is a gangster drama about a desperate man and the crossroads at which his friend the commissioner stands, who, despite his badge and position, is still fond of the main character. The tape itself is a vivid example of the noir era, which originated in America, migrated and became popular just in France. Not yet included in the category of films of the upcoming French "new wave", the film nevertheless includes some elements characteristic of this type of cinematography. This is, for example, manual shooting, from which the image is not smooth, but "alive". These are editing techniques in the form of fragmentary editing, which eventually found application in the cult film "On the Last Breath". If we consider Melville's work in general, many of his inventions in filming found application in the subsequent "new wave". Plus, Bob the Gamer is the film that inspired films such as the Ocean's Friends franchise, Sodebergh, and has its own remake of Good Thief (2002), directed by Neil Jordan. The success of the film, which was released in 2001, may have suggested that.