i don't remember a movie which is as unnecessary long and disturbingly slow as Le Circle Rouge. i really thought that there was problems with editing this film. it was so slow, that i, for the first time in my life, played those parts of the film with double speed. it was like a torture. the film is actually a great film except those parts, however.
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I had a similar experience with it the first time I saw it but repeat viewings have, for me at least, made the movie go by so much faster.
shareThe whole first 1.5 hours as the characters come together certainly was slow but generally it worked and benefitted from not rushing - the train escape, the roadblocks etc.
And the 'action' parts are very good - the pool hall, the heist etc.
It reminded me quite a bit in style, mood and location of "The Day of the Jackal" (1973).
well, it's meant to be slow. That's what i love about all Melvilles film is that they are really slow in a good way. There's movies that are slow and just plain boring and then there's movies like this where you get to follow really cool and intresting characters pretty much in everything they do. The robbery scenes is amazing.
I guess it's just a matter of taste. Whereas the pacing is intentionally slow, I still feel like the movie raced by because the characters and story were so interesting. Ironically, I get antsy during films where the opposite is true- they're all speedy and whiz-bang, but there's nothing of substance to sink your teeth into (Say, "Independence Day" or the Matrix sequels or something). Personally, I'm able to be patient when there's something to interest me. But again: diff'rent strokes...
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@The_One_Winged_Angel
Wow, that was the most stuck up, pretentious display of arrogance I've read in some time. Why not just write: "You are too *beep* DUMB to get this film, whereas I am smart enough to like it."
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... or ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST or LE GENOU DE CLAIRE. In the late 1960s movies became slower and slower.
shareThat is the most arrogant and prestentious post you have ever seen? Wow. You sure live in an IMDB shell. Secondly, it wasn't pretentious whatsoever. He was simply saying it is an 'acquired' taste - which is true.
shareI'll bet you're under twenty (twenty-five at the outside).
sharegood, good and good
shareWow. I thought the pacing was excellent. It wasn't about a gun fight or an explosion every thirty seconds The slow pacing allows you to take in what you're watching and hearing.
How do you like them apples?
All of Melville's films are paced slowly. And I wouldn't have it any other way.
His films are so beautiful that quick pacing would not do them justice.
The pacing is deliberate because the characters have to be set up so the viewer can clearly understand what's going on when everyone's paths start to cross. One of the movies' pleasures is the unexpected ways the characters are connected. If you're bored, for instance, when you see where Corey first meets Jansen, you've done yourself a disservice and haven't been paying attention
shareThat is a very interesting way of putting it
shareJesus, what a philistine.
sharewell melville is an excellent director.. what i found was that it was painfully similar to Le Samourai, which was what I felt his best film.. ANd yes, I have seen 2 hour silent films that, were meant to make people intrigued back in the 30s, and this was one of the slowest i've seen. Once again, movie was very well directed, but painfully slow
shareMelville's film plays out in something closer to an amplified real time. The plot is not the point ––it's about the atmosphere generated by the mood and actions of the characters, not about an artificial mood thrust upon us by whiz-bang editing or headache inducing music.
shareDidn't feel that slow to me..
anyway, this movie not popular enough. should be more people here!
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It was a bit slow, though I didn't mind it for a majority of the viewing. But it did get to me after I saw the climax...which I felt to be rather anticlimactic...that's when I felt a bit "robbed" by the pace. But hey, to each their own.
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