Ascensor para el cadalso

Título original: Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

1958
Not Rated
1h 31min

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The new restoration of Louis Malle's ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS, starring Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, and Lino Ventura, and featuring music by Miles Davis, opens Wednesday August 3 at New York's Film Forum.

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Crime Drama Thriller

Un hombre de negocios seguro de sí mismo asesina a su jefe, el marido de su amante, lo que provoca sin querer una cadena de acontecimientos nefasta.Un hombre de negocios seguro de sí mismo asesina a su jefe, el marido de su amante, lo que provoca sin querer una cadena de acontecimientos nefasta.Un hombre de negocios seguro de sí mismo asesina a su jefe, el marido de su amante, lo que provoca sin querer una cadena de acontecimientos nefasta.

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Elevator to the Gallows Trailer - Digital Restoration

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Trivia
Miles Davis recorded the music in a single recording session while he watched a screening. He composed it while watching a rough cut and then invited a quartet of French and US musicians in a for few hours (from 11pm to 5am one night), improvising each number and allegedly sipping champagne with Jeanne Moreau and Louis Malle.

Errores
When Florence arrives at the motel, the photos are just being developed - with the lights on! Exposing the prints to light before fixation would make them turn black. By the way, it's not recommended to put your hands into developer.

Citas
Julien Tavernier: Don't sneer at war. It's your bread and butter. Indochina netted you how much? And now Algeria. Have some respect for war. It's your family heirloom.

Conexiones
Featured in Arcana, connaissance de la musique: Musique et cinéma: 1 La musique de films (1969)

Bandas sonoras
Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud (Générique)
Composed by Miles Davis
Performed by Miles Davis (Trumpet), Barney Wilen (Tenor Saxophone), Emilhenco (as René Urtreger) (Piano), Pierre Michelot (Bass) and Kenny Clarke (Drums)

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10/10

This film should be widely available on DVD

This film is a master piece. Miles Davis's music is superb. It is an object lesson on the art of combining sound and vision. The tension and the brooding Parisian atmosphere are heightened with cool and poignant playing. It is surprising (to the best of my knowledge) that this is the only complete original film score he produced.

The story of the crime is clever. It has reasonable human motivation and plot, and is steadily revealed. But, it is the study of 'being in the wrong place at the wrong time' that makes this film a classic. The series of chance events that will dramatically effect the characters' lives, give this film a similar feel to 'Run Lola Run' or 'Irreversible', dispute this film's linear structure and age. The dark cinematography is excellent.

I have only had an opportunity to see it once (I only just caught it because BBC4 listed it under its English title), but I would like to see it again.

The soundtrack is widely available, but I can not find the film on DVD or PAL VHS. This film should be available to a wider audience, for me, preferably in French with English subtitles.

P.S. This wonderful film is now available on DVD as part of the Louis Malle Collection: Volume 1. (Updated 11/10/2006.)