Paul Thomas Anderson.. John Woo. Tarantino. Ex-bank robber and gambler, Bob, plans a heist at the Deauville casino. Bob le Flambeur’s best moments come when Bob plans the heist with his crew, which should be no surprise, considering such a style will come to dominate Melville’s greatest works. Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 Jamie Russell BBC.com. – J. Hoberman BOB LE FLAMBEUR was Jean-Pierre Melville’s first foray into the stylized underworld which became his signature.Suffused with wry humor, BOB LE FLAMBEUR melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. Monsieur Bob is a legend and admired by all who know him, including the local bobbies. Available on iTunes Bob the Gambler has decided to give up his business in order to enjoy his hobby: gambling. Join Facebook to connect with Bob Le Flambeur and others you may know. The story features many film noir elements — it is set in the criminal underworld of a big city, and features a loner who at various times works on both sides of the law, even though he is essentially a crook. It came out after the French critics Nino Frank, Raymonde Borde and Etienne Chaumeton had appreciatingly defined film noir, and after a number of successful French gangster films, or films noirs, such as Touchez pas au Grisbi (Jacques Becker, 1954) and Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955) had been made. The film’s English title, “Bob the Gambler,” unfortunately flattens the sense of flambeur, which means something closer to “high roller” or “big shot.” The narrator is also a star of this flick as he constantly drolls 'Bob Le Flambeur' in a rich, matter-of-fact, French accent. The narrator is also a star of this flick as he constantly drolls 'Bob Le Flambeur' in a rich, matter-of-fact, French accent. View the profiles of people named Bob Le Flambeur. Crime 1956 1 hr 38 min. Though rougher around the edges than later Jean-Pierre Melville masterpieces such as Le Samourai (1967), Le Cercle rouge (1970), and Un flic (1972), Bob le flambeur (1956) remains, however, a seminal French crime film, a favorite of directors as varied as Stanley Kubrick, Claude Chabrol, and Quentin Tarantino. View the profiles of people named Bob Flambeur. Bob le flambeur seems to take place in a liminal world of complex relations that call on the past, on many lives already lived and unknowable except to those who lived them: on bonds of obligations — and affections — where betrayal in some is as certain as loyalty in others. Melville became the master of the criminal underworld gangster pictures, with Bob Le Flambeur. 1 hr 42 mins. Monsieur Bob is calm, collected, suave, sophisticated and a man with a past. BOB LE FLAMBEUR (BOB THE GAMBLER) “The cinematic birth of the cool! To me this is the film that started it all for Melville. 1956. Kubrick. The movie stars Roger Duchesne as Bob. Bob Le Flambeur [Bob the Gambler] is a smashing gangster masterpiece. Bob le Flambeur Synopsis: Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Dauville. Bob le flambeur (“Bob the Gambler” or “Bob the High Roller”) is a 1956 French gangster movie directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. However, he cannot refuse one last job proposed by a friend: to take part in an amazing raid on the Deauville casino. ''Bob le Flambeur'' is a very funny, jaunty movie, and one can understand why Jean-Luc Godard, who was to make ''Breathless'' just three years later, admired it so much. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville • 1956 • France Starring Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Isabelle Corey Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville’s BOB LE FLAMBEUR melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the road map for the French New Wave. The camera watches a cable car descend from the beautiful church of Montmartre's Sacré Coeur to the seedy red light district of Pigalle. Bob Le Flambeur or Bob the Gambler/high-roller has been held up by many filmmakers as the height of noir and crime cinema. Bob le Flambeur. Find the perfect Bob Le Flambeur stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Bob le Flambeur is a gangster film, and yet the film uses the formula surprisingly. However, he cannot refuse one last job proposed by a friend: to take part in an amazing raid on the Deauville casino. Chabrol. It is usually thought-about a movie noir and precursor to the French New Wave due to its use of handheld digicam and a single soar lower. Consenso de la crítica: Majorly stylish, Bob le Flambeur is a cool homage to American gangster films and the presage to French New Wave mode of seeing. This is not only one of the best gangster films ever made, but one of the best films period. It is also one of the most elegiac, with a twilight mood about it. It develops its characters naturally and more importantly doesn’t complicate things needlessly. Join Facebook to connect with Bob Flambeur and others you may know. Film noir-Wikipedia Bob le Flambeur may be the most elegantly rigorous movie ever made about a cockeyed heist. Bob the Gambler has decided to give up his business in order to enjoy his hobby: gambling. Jarmusch. Everything is planned exactly, but the police is informed about the planned coup. Bob the Gambler has decided to give up his business in order to enjoy his hobby: gambling. Monsieur Bob is calm, collected, suave, sophisticated and a man with a past. Mike Hodges. Bob le Flambeur starts rather slowly, reveling in the measured macho and cool style of our protagonist. Monsieur Bob is a legend and admired by all who know him, including the local bobbies. Cast & Crew. Bob le Flambeur (1955) has a good claim to be the first film of the French New Wave. We are forced to endure a man slowly cracking a safe, using a stethoscope and a steady hand whilst Bob times him, challenging him to perform the task more quickly. Godard, PTA, Kubrick, and Jarmusch have all gone on record as either praising the film or saying it is their favorite film ever made. Bob Le Flambeur stars Roger Duchesne as the calm, cool and collected, Bob Mantagne. Reviews and notes Festivals: 1981 New York 1984 Torino 2000 Bergen 2008 Mar del Plata, Torino Bob le Flambeur is Melville’s love poem to Paris’s Pigalle and its lowlife denizens. If filmmaker testimony is enough to venerate a single movie, this one’s got it in spades. The eponymous hero of Bob le flambeur, Bob Montagné (Roger Duchesne), is an unlucky gambler, failed bank robber and aging rake. French director Jean-Pierre Melville is widely recognized for his tragic, minimalist film noirs—Bob le flambeur (1955), from the classic period, was followed by Le Doulos (1962), Le deuxième souffle (1966), Le Samouraï (1967), and Le Cercle rouge (1970). Bob is a well-known and respected former gangster turned well-known and slightly less respected gambler. I shouldn’t put gambler second on Bob’s résumé, as betting seems to Bob as breathing is to the rest of us. In Bob Le Flambeur, we find is the first great hommage to noir, for Bob Le Flambeur is an outsider's view of American cinema, an attempt to make an American style film on foreign soil. But that day, seeing the gaming rooms, Bob is riveted by a gambling table where he wins in an unabashed fashion, and he forgets about his role in the well-planned hold-up. Critics Consensus: Majorly stylish, Bob le Flambeur is a cool homage to American gangster films and the presage to French New Wave mode of seeing. Bob le Flambeur. However, he cannot refuse one last job proposed by a friend: to take part in an amazing raid on the Deauville casino. Bob le Flambeur subtitles. Truffaut. Then he got caught for bank robbery and went to prison for a while. Highly entertaining and ultra cool. Select from premium Bob Le Flambeur of the highest quality. It’s a film of romantic attitudes, of stances not very cool boys would like to aspire to, of sex and death and jazz. Bob has decided to give up his business in order to enjoy his hobby: gambling. 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