Hitting the Mark (On Benoît Jacquot’s L’Assassin musicien, 1976)
What I admire is that I have no desire to reread the story on which the film is based: an unfinished novel of Dostoyevsky’s, for which Benoît got the idea…
Three Ways to Exit a Building: The Cohesive Style of Jacques Becker
Becker has dared to see his script for what it is: nothing … None of the episodes are dramatically necessary. If we try to tell the story, we soon see…