Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaA French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau and hard drinking photographer Delmas on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau and hard drinking photographer Delmas on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau and hard drinking photographer Delmas on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
- Bessie Reed
- (as Michele Bailly)
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- CuriosidadesThe first credited acting part for director Jean-Pierre Melville.
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The Singer: [sings] There's a street in Manhattan / With a house that has no windowpanes / And the lamp that burned all night / Listen man, go away from me / I lived there so long ago / With a guy you wouldn't care to know / God it's cold here / Nothing good here / Go man / Not tonight
- ConexõesFeatured in Keeping Up Appearances (2013)
Said to be a combination of American film noir and the budding French New Wave movement, Two Men in Manhattan very neatly utilizes the good sides of both styles. The urban street views and skyscrapers look excellent in the glow of the bright ad signs on store marquees and the dark, stark lighting set up for interior scenes is a joy to the eye too. The laid-back jazz soundtrack is highly enjoyable, creating a mood softer than in hard boiled detective noirs, even though the seedy locations would fit in such flicks seamlessly as well.
A lot of the film's charm lies on the shoulders of the two protagonists, who suit their roles splendidly. Melville's sad-looking appearance matches his character's melancholic but righteous attitude perfectly, while Grasset makes a great pairing for him as the greedy and amoral Delmas, prone to drinking and sleeping around. Ultimately their opposing approaches to the ethics of journalism are what create one of the main themes of the film; namely, examining the responsibility of the press when publishing stories of delicate nature. Besides the lead duo, the supporting actors do a good job too, from a suicidal stage actress Judith Nelson (Ginger Hall) to a jaded cabaret dancer Bessie Reed (Michèlle Bailly) and a jazz singer Virginia Graham (Glenda Leigh) who we get to see recording a haunting song in a studio.
All in all, when a film successfully combines a totally smooth and cool atmosphere with suspense and humour like Two Men in Manhattan does, it just cannot be anything but highly enjoyable. The movie is simply thoroughly entertaining, but since the technical elements are also very skilfully created, there is no reason to skip this one if you're even remotely interested in film noir and French cinema.
- random_avenger
- 10 de out. de 2010
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- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 2.527
- Tempo de duração1 hora 24 minutos
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- 1.37 : 1