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Rififi (The Criterion Collection)

Jean Servais (Actor), Carl Möhner (Actor) Rated:
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4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 586 ratings
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Genre Foreign
Format Multiple Formats, Color, Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Full Screen
Contributor Robert Hossein, Claude Sylvain, Jules Dassin, Dominique Maurin, Janine Darcey, Marcel Lupovici, Magali Noël, Pierre Grasset, Marie Sabouret, Carl Möhner, Jean Servais, Robert Manuel See more
Language English, French
Runtime 2 hours and 2 minutes

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After making such American noir classics as The Naked City and Brute Force, blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious heist in the City of Lights. At once naturalistic and expressionistic, this melange of suspense, brutality, and dark humor was an international hit and earned Dassin the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Criterion is proud to present Rififi in a pristine digital transfer.

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Hollywood's loss was Europe's gain when Jules Dassin fled America because of the House Un-American Activities Committee blacklist at the end of the 1940s. His films helped bring the moral ambiguity of the postwar American thriller to Europe, inspiring a new generation of critics and filmmakers. Writing several years before he made The 400 Blows, François Truffaut praised Dassin for the way his films "combin[ed] the documentary approach with lyricism," a method that would inform many of the new wave films of the '60s.

Rififi, shot on the rainy streets of Paris, is imbued with the same gritty realism that marked Dassin's earlier work in New York (The Naked City) and London (Night and the City). Jean Servais plays Tony le Stéphanois, an aging crook whose thin lips and tired, seen-it-all eyes give him a look somewhere between Humphrey Bogart and Harry Dean Stanton. Out of jail after a five-year stretch, he joins up with a couple of pals to pull one last heist: a jewel robbery that is portrayed in such detail (including tips on how to silence an alarm using a fire extinguisher) that the film was banned in several countries.

The robbery sequence alone, which lasts for 30 minutes and is played entirely without dialogue, would be enough to ensure Rififi's classic status, but there's a lot more to enjoy, including terrific performances from Marie Sabouret as Tony's world-weary ex-girlfriend, and from Dassin himself as a dandified Italian safecracker with an eye for the ladies. After the thrill of the heist, in the film's final scenes when, with the inevitability of the best films noirs everything falls apart, Dassin achieves the lyricism that Truffaut admired so much. By combining the conventions of a caper movie with his own brand of bleak nihilism, he made Rififi into a film that deserves to be counted among the best ever made.--Simon Leake

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 5.5 x 0.53 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Jules Dassin
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Black & White, NTSC, Subtitled, Full Screen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 2 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 24, 2001
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey, Pierre Grasset
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00005A8TX
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Abbey W. Magruder
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quick shipping and an enjoyable movie.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2024
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    This order was shipped quickly, and the DVD arrived safely in good condition. I am currently enjoying the movie.
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  • M. Kenny
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful BD of an Excellent film (with a DVD as well)
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2014
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    This BD copy of the film is EXCELLENT! Beautiful picture that shows off the great B&W photography and the soundtrack is great, crisp and clear. There is a French language soundtrack as well as an English dubbed soundtrack. Subtitles are also available so you can run it in French with English subs (or vice-verse). Earlier DVD reviews stated the synchronization of sound and picture was off, NOT the case here and one review complained the subtitles only flashed on the screen for a second, again not the case here. The bonus interview with Dassin is simply wonderful, I am so glad Criterion did it, it gives insight onto the director, his career and the film.
    Without doing an analysis of the film (like all the Siskel & Ebert wannabes), I can say that I really enjoyed this film. It is a great "tough-guy" "heist" film that has been imitated and copied so many times parts of it have become cliches (just like things from Citizen Kane). Reviews have praised the film making, photography and denigrated the treatment of women and macho elements. These reviews forget it is a MOVIE and depicts a specific group of criminals, not all Frenchmen or women. Dassin was out to make a good picture on a low budget and succeeded. The low budget may have helped as it limited the salaries for the actors resulting great choices for the parts (with Dassin playing a part himself) and a crew that really did an excellent job from camerawork to editing. The film is not too long as some complain but rather allows the characters to develop and give explanation to why certain things are being done. Some plot twists lend to the overall suspense of the film and the clash of personalities between the characters. Remembering this in the French underworld in 1955 may help some people understand the film better.
    I think it is one of the best films of its type and an excellent picture in any genre.
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  • Daniel C. Markel
    5.0 out of 5 stars "I really liked you 'Macaroni'. But you know the rules....."
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2006
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    This review is for the 2001 Criterion DVD.

    Jean Servais stars as Tony le Stéphanois, a recently paroled convict living in Paris who decides to pull off an incredible jewelry heist by teaming up with his nephew Jo and several others including Milanais, played by director Jules Dassin. The planning is meticulous and brilliant. Stéphanois also has a score to settle with a lowlife club owner named Grutter who shamelessly exploited his wife while Tony was in prison. This sets up the rest of the movie for one of filmmaking's most captivating robbery scenes with an incredibly climatic aftermath.

    Even though this is a French movie with English subtitles, it was a very easy film to follow based on the actions and emotions of the characters. At first it looked like it was going to be a lot like "The Aspalt Jungle" but went into a completely different direction with a gutch-wrenching segment involving a "minor character" in the plot (sorry I won't spoil it). What I also enjoyed was the energy and charisma of the characters plus using ageless Paris as a backdrop for this noir movie. The nightclub acts in this film were also very unique and entertaining and the jewelry heist was also original, lasting for at least 20-25 minutes without a single word being spoken. The robbery also used some innovative ideas for accessing the safe and jewels. Finally, there is an emotionally charged scene near the end with some very original film editing.

    A nice bonus added on the DVD by Criterion is a 2000 interview with director Jules Dassin with very informative and at times humorous antedotes. Of course Dassin was blacklisted from Hollywood and was in France out of work and flat broke. Fortunately, someone convinced him to make this movie, which was based on a French book and he did it on a shoe-string budget with either has-been actors or unknowns. The rest is history and arguably his best film.

    The DVD B&W picture quality is near pristine and the sound is extremely good for a 50 year old film. Criterion did another splendid job with this production. If you love post World War II noir movies, you won't be disappointed.

    Movie: A

    DVD Quality: A-
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  • muppetface
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great, beautiful edition of a classic
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2024
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    The 'window' and a choice between four covers is a fun concept. Decent transfer
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  • Peter
    1.0 out of 5 stars No subtitles
    Reviewed in Sweden on February 9, 2024
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  • Mauricio González
    5.0 out of 5 stars The mother of all heist films
    Reviewed in Mexico on August 18, 2017
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    One of the best movies ever made on Criterion blu ray. My only complaint is that the audio does not play on my home theatre, only on my proyector.
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  • GSS
    5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
    Reviewed in Australia on June 19, 2019
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    Fresh out of jail, Tony le Stephanois plans a massive jewel heist. He puts together a team and sets the wheels in motion. He discovers that his girlfriend at the time of his arrest has a new boyfriend, a big-time gangster. Little does he know it but this fact will interfere with the heist.

    Superb movie. Written and directed by Jules Dassin, Rififi is classic film noir. Clever, solid plot and excellent direction by Dassin. The heist itself is incredible, with some clever innovations by the thieves and is filmed in absolute silence, just like it would have gone down if it was real life. No music to up the tension, no fake atmosphere, just realism.

    The way it all unravels towards the end is wonderfully Shakespearean. Incredibly intriguing, enthralling and original plot development.

    Incredibly influential film too. You can see it in the works of Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese and the Coen Brothers, to name but a few.

    An absolute classic.
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  • Luis Pérez Bastías
    5.0 out of 5 stars Obra maestra.
    Reviewed in Spain on February 18, 2016
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    Guiòn perfecto, creación de personajes lograda y idóneo pulso narrativo, muy vital y seductor, como solía Jules Dassin antes de decaer en los años sesenta. Impresiona el realismo de la conducta de los gansters, solidarios con el amigo y crueles con el enemigo. Disponía ya de una copia en versión original con subtítulos, pero compré esta en castellano porque puede uno seguir mejor las imágenes sin leer subtítulos.
    Es el mejor cine negro que se pueda ver para cualquier tipo de espectador, salvo para los niños.
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