The amazing French crime film ‘Le Samouraï‘ (1967) will be screening in Detroit.
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a modern contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a brilliantly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer.
Le Samouraï is both a magnificently stylized masterpiece of elegant cool, and a razor-sharp blend of suspenseful American-style gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture, with a healthy dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
This is a tremendous film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.
Stunning new 4K restoration was lovingly created from the original 35mm camera negative. In French with English subtitles. (105 min.)
What: ‘Le Samouraï’ (1967) screening
When: June 14-16, 2024
Where: Detroit Film Threatre inside the DIA (5200 Woodward ave, Detroit, MI)
Times: Fri 7pm, Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm
Cost: $12.00
Buy tix
https://dia.org/events/le-samourai
