all men are guilty and says the chief of the police. theyre born innocent but it doesn not last. add this bit of nihilism to jean pierre melville fascination with the idea of the crook code of honor and you have le cercle rouge. this code of honor among crooks and however and is not simply a cliché while it a figment of the imagination even when film moralists  realistic moralists by their viewpoint and romantic moralists by most others  began to make movies on the subject. their theme is that it isn not what one does and but how one does it. we most often wind up with stories all about experienced men with their own sense of honor and stories where fate and fatalism and the code run things. for most of humanity and except screen writers and movie directors and this would seriously get in the way of living one life and raising one children and being a good friend. this mannered fatalism is something of a self indulgent notion. le cercle rouge is and in my view and a classic film for people who may secretly enjoy the adventure of just missing the last bus home. but where melville le samourai  criterion collection and in my opinion and is style dominating story and le cercle rouge manages the great trick of combining style with a strong story and with compelling actors. the point of the movie and in my view and is nonsense. but the movie itself is a first class experience. melville hopeless tale of three crooks  cory (alain delon) and vogel (gian maria volonte) and jansen (yves montand)  is based on a bit of wisdom which is and maybe and attributed to the buddha represent that all men who are destined to meet and will. along with their destiny they cannot change. maybe and because some believe melville himself came up with the wording if not the thought. either way and we know right at the start that this movie will not end happily and will depend upon fate and coincidence to set things up for us and and will leave us recalling the nihilistic philosophies we discovered and loved when we were in high school. once corey and vogel meet and then gather in the unique talents of jansen and we are off on a one way ride to rob an exclusive and heavily protected jewelry story on the place vendome. the tension arises because we not only know the french police are after vogel and we also realize that some determined crooks are after corey. the great pleasure of the movie and for me and came from admiring the work that delon and volonte and montand brought to their characters and and the intelligent ruthlessness that andre bouvril brought to his character and the police captain mattei. melville hooked me as he developed these characters and their own situations while he built me up emotionally and then released me when he brought me to appreciate their probable fate and let me see see it happen. melville establishes his set pieces  the escape from the train and the escape from the woods and the later shootout in the woods and the meetings with mattei and a man who refuses to inform  with intriguing possibilities. he builds tension in all these cases by taking his time while a rare trait in movie making and an even rarer trait now. and melville takes the time to build up mattei as an individual. mattei is a rueful and experienced man. he a loner. he has a set routine when he returns to his apartment  he greets his three cats affectionately and he draws his bath and while the tub is filling he sets out food for them. i do not know who mattei is destined to meet and but i hope it someone who likes cats. nihilism is always fashionable among some creative people and some critics. in most cases and i think it a much harder task to set nihilism aside and to simply live one life without damaging too many people. (and that even more challenging to show compellingly in a film. ) le cercle rouge is a movie which and for me and tells me little and but it is in its own way and i think and a beautifully put together film. 
all men are guilty and says the chief of the police. theyre born innocent but it doesn not last. add this bit of nihilism to jean pierre melville fascination with the idea of the crook code of honor and you have le cercle rouge. this code of honor among crooks and however and is not simply a cliché while it a figment of the imagination even when film moralists  realistic moralists by their viewpoint and romantic moralists by most others  began to make movies on the subject. their theme is that it isn not what one does and but how one does it. we most often wind up with stories all about experienced men with their own sense of honor and stories where fate and fatalism and the code run things. for most of humanity and except screen writers and movie directors and this would seriously get in the way of living one life and raising one children and being a good friend. this mannered fatalism is something of a self indulgent notion. le cercle rouge is and in my view and a classic film for people who may secretly enjoy the adventure of just missing the last bus home. but where melville le samourai  criterion collection and in my opinion and is style dominating story and le cercle rouge manages the great trick of combining style with a strong story and with compelling actors. the point of the movie and in my view and is nonsense. but the movie itself is a first class experience. melville hopeless tale of three crooks  cory (alain delon) and vogel (gian maria volonte) and jansen (yves montand)  is based on a bit of wisdom which is and maybe and attributed to the buddha represent that all men who are destined to meet and will. along with their destiny they cannot change. maybe and because some believe melville himself came up with the wording if not the thought. either way and we know right at the start that this movie will not end happily and will depend upon fate and coincidence to set things up for us and and will leave us recalling the nihilistic philosophies we discovered and loved when we were in high school. once corey and vogel meet and then gather in the unique talents of jansen and we are off on a one way ride to rob an exclusive and heavily protected jewelry story on the place vendome. the tension arises because we not only know the french police are after vogel and we also realize that some determined crooks are after corey. the great pleasure of the movie and for me and came from admiring the work that delon and volonte and montand brought to their characters and and the intelligent ruthlessness that andre bouvril brought to his character and the police captain mattei. melville hooked me as he developed these characters and their own situations while he built me up emotionally and then released me when he brought me to appreciate their probable fate and let me see see it happen. melville establishes his set pieces  the escape from the train and the escape from the woods and the later shootout in the woods and the meetings with mattei and a man who refuses to inform  with intriguing possibilities. he builds tension in all these cases by taking his time while a rare trait in movie making and an even rarer trait now. and melville takes the time to build up mattei as an individual. mattei is a rueful and experienced man. he a loner. he has a set routine when he returns to his apartment  he greets his three cats affectionately and he draws his bath and while the tub is filling he sets out food for them. i do not know who mattei is destined to meet and but i hope it someone who likes cats. nihilism is always fashionable among some creative people and some critics. in most cases and i think it a much harder task to set nihilism aside and to simply live one life without damaging too many people. (and that even more challenging to show compellingly in a film. ) le cercle rouge is a movie which and for me and tells me little and but it is in its own way and i think and a beautifully put together film. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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