Tag Archives: Michel Deville

the best of Deville (film: Le dossier 51 – Michel Deville, 1978)

The best tribute we can pay to a departed filmmaker is to watch or rewatch his films. That’s what I’ve been doing for the past few weeks, since I learned that Michel Deville is no longer with us. In the … Continue reading

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hell is sometimes ‘cool’ (film: Eaux profondes – Michel Deville, 1981)

The American remake was released on screens a year ago. I did not get to watching it yet, and I’m not sure if I will soon. ‘Eaux profondes‘, the 1981 adaptation of the novel ‘Deep Water’ (this is also the … Continue reading

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the improbable lover (film: Le mouton enragé – Michel Deville, 1974)

Michel Deville quietly left us and this world a few weeks ago, and his disappearance would have gone unnoticed, for me at least, if some television stations had not marked the sad event by programming some of his films. A … Continue reading

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an erotic thriller that aged badly (film: ‘Péril en la demeure’ – Michel Deville, 1985)

I decided to watch ‘Péril en la demeure‘ (English title is ‘Death in a French Garden‘) mainly for Michel Piccoli, an actor I really like. But his is a supporting role and he appears in only a few scenes. This … Continue reading

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