Our new 4K edition of Jean‑Pierre Melville's LE SAMOURAÏ (1967) enters the collection in July! 🖤 criterion.com/films/184-le-s… In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts.
An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Melville, LE SAMOURAÏ is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
@Criterion Glad this film is coming to 4k and that it's not the same packaging. Further proof for why I am still holding off on buying anymore blurays in the sale. Only 4ks for me so I don't have to buy the same film in 2 years
@Criterion Rubbish artwork though, not a patch on your classic innovative designs that have graced many a collectors shelf over the last twenty something year…shame 🤔🎬
@Criterion @JustTheDiscsPod Curious who did the restoration
@Criterion @BullyCreative Damn I’m gonna be forced to resubscribe to the Criterion Channel
@Criterion Fucking hell Christmas is coming early today