Le Samouraï will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 9 via The Criterion Collection. Polly Dedman designed the new cover art for 1967 French neo-noir crime thriller.
Known in English as The Samurai, the film is written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier star.
Le Samouraï has been newly restored in 4K with HDR and uncompressed mono sound. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Interviews with writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville and actors Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier
Interviews with Melville on Melville editor Rui Nogueira and Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris author Ginette Vincendeau
Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit - 2011 short documentary exploring the friendship between writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon
Trailer
Booklet with an essay by film scholar David Thomson, an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville
Alain Delon stars as Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
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NOIR ALLEY with FNF prez Eddie Muller will be on hiatus during the first two weeks of March due to TCM’s 31 Days of Oscar 2024. The show will return with Eddie on March 16. He will be presenting Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967) starring Alain Delon.
Check out the FNF's TV listings page to see all the noirs playing on TCM this month: https://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/news-tv.html
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Jean Pierre Melville: Le Samourai - The Criterion Collection
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Le Samouraï, 1971 Japanese movie poster for the release of the 1967 Melville film starring Alain Delon, Nathalie Delon, François Périer and Cathy Rosier
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