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between Hitchcock and James Bond (film: Arabesque – Stanley Donen, 1966)

‘Arabesque‘ (1966) was produced and directed by Stanley Donen for Universal studios, but it belongs to the director’s ‘English period’, i.e. the decade in which Donen crossed the Atlantic the opposite way to that of Hitchcock and settled in England … Continue reading

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between naturalistic and noir thriller (film: Thérèse Raquin – Marcel Carné, 1953)

‘Thérèse Raquin‘ (1953) (English title – ‘The Adultress‘) is Marcel Carné‘s third post-Prévert film. Connoisseur film fans consider it his latest remarkable film. It was produced by the famous Hakim brothers. Even though Jacques Prévert no longer wrote his screenplays … Continue reading

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