Elevator to the Gallows [VHS]
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Actor: Georges Poujouly, Jean Wall, Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Yori BertinEdition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 87 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: New Yorker Video
Studio: New Yorker Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Elevator to the Gallows [VHS]
Movie Review: Excellent film; gorgeous soundtrack
Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to this film by Miles Davis and a long out-of-print LP called 'Jazz Track', where one side of the LP is devoted to the music from the film. Miles' on-the-spot composition fits the movie perfectly. The complete soundtrack, with alternate tracks, is now available on CD and is highly recommended.
Summary of Elevator to the Gallows [VHS]
Elevator to the Gallows is many things: A tight, delicious crime thriller; the debut of director Louis Malle (Zazie dans le metro, Atlantic City, Au Revoir, Les Enfants, and many more works of subtle genius); a movie with perhaps the greatest jazz soundtrack of all time, created improvisationally by trumpeter Miles Davis; but above all, Elevator to the Gallows is the blooming of Jeanne Moreau to the status of true movie star, launching her on a career that included Jules & Jim, La notte, and La Femme Nikita. After killing his lover's husband, Julien (Maurice Ronet, Purple Noon) gets trapped in an elevator, forcing him to miss his rendezvous with Florence (Moreau) and allowing his car to be stolen by a joy-riding young couple. From there, the movie splits into three directions: Julien's efforts to escape; Florence wandering the streets, trying not to believe that Julien has abandoned her; and the car thieves, who get caught up in a murder of their own. The movie skillfully fuses Hitchcockian suspense with intimate psychodrama. As she stalks through the night, Moreau is a vision of tortured heartbreak, her woeful eyes and lush, sensuous lips illuminated by neon signs and baleful streetlamps. This is pure cinematic pleasure, visual beauty fused with taut, edge-of-your-seat storytelling.Art House & International VHS Video
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