Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo get into a fistfight
April 9th 2008 23:45
The two most visible icons of French cool have to be Alain Delon, who gave "Le Samourai" its cold, steel edge, and Jean-Paul Belmondo, who was Godard's faux-Bogart in "Breathless".
You'd expect, if they ever met in person and made contact, the universe would shear itself at that point, causing all of France to be pulled into a long strand of spaghetti.
This clip, from the movie "Borsalino", proves that theory to be wildly incorrect - Belmondo and Delon, playing two gangsters, get into a little tussle in a bar.
The clip is in French without subtitles, but as far as I can make out, both Delon and Belmondo are trying to draw their line of possession around the wide-eyed girl. They fight over her, like two puffed up roosters, ready to fight to the death amidst a screaming mob of gambling onlookers, and the woman is thrown to the side as they meet face-to-face.
I've never seen this movie, but it certainly is a little bit of gangster fun.
If you've never seen "Le Samourai", I suggest starting with my review of the film... I was lucky enough to see it, for the first time, at the Chauvel Cinema, during a rainy Sunday matinee. There's almost nothing better than discovering one of your favourite movies on a horribly cold and miserable day, safe in the cinema. Protected from the elements by the plush chairs and the flickering projection.
"Le Samourai" is a magnificent film, but there's also something else special about it. Alain Delon starred in the movie, but his wife, Nathalie Delon, played a small role. She's a very sexy woman, and Alain Delon was a very lucky man (they divorced after having a child).
(found on Sproutblog)
*this image is from this Swiss page on Nathalie Delon
You'd expect, if they ever met in person and made contact, the universe would shear itself at that point, causing all of France to be pulled into a long strand of spaghetti.
This clip, from the movie "Borsalino", proves that theory to be wildly incorrect - Belmondo and Delon, playing two gangsters, get into a little tussle in a bar.
The clip is in French without subtitles, but as far as I can make out, both Delon and Belmondo are trying to draw their line of possession around the wide-eyed girl. They fight over her, like two puffed up roosters, ready to fight to the death amidst a screaming mob of gambling onlookers, and the woman is thrown to the side as they meet face-to-face.
I've never seen this movie, but it certainly is a little bit of gangster fun.
"Le Samourai" is a magnificent film, but there's also something else special about it. Alain Delon starred in the movie, but his wife, Nathalie Delon, played a small role. She's a very sexy woman, and Alain Delon was a very lucky man (they divorced after having a child).
(found on Sproutblog)
*this image is from this Swiss page on Nathalie Delon
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