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Code Name: Melville
Code Name: Melville
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CODE NAME: MELVILLE

Sous le nom de Melville

Directed by Olivier Bohler
France, 2008
Documentary

Synopsis

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville’s works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.

Synopsis

Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville’s works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.