It is now August 31st, past 11 pm. Summer Under the Stars 2020 ends in less than an hour. I spent THE ENTIRE DAY watching Alain Delon films. They are LONG. I did it. I am exhausted, I feel like I am unable to think or string a sentence, but I did it. I watched all the movies from my watchlist with this year’s stars (except for two with Barbara Stanwyck, but I still think this is a great score overall). It was quite a lot. Did I have to do it? No. But also yes. Because that is how my brain works. Anyway, here is a list of Alain Delon films I watched today:
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960), dir. Luchino Visconti
Plein soleil (1960), dir. René Clément
Le Samouraï (1967), dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969), dir. Henri Verneuil
La prima notte di quiete (1972), dir. Valerio Zurlini
Monsieur Klein (1976), dir. Joseph Losey
Nouvelle vague (1990), dir. Jean-Luc Godard
My favourites were Plein soleil (although I still think that I prefer The Talented Mr. Ripley. Maybe I am just not cultured enough. Whatever) and Le Samouraï.
Overall, I am glad I got to experience these pretty iconic works from some of the history’s greatest directors. I just wish I had a better attitude towards the whole thing. And maybe it would have been better to watch some of these by themselves, giving them your full attention. But also, hey, when was the last time you were motivated to just watch a three hour long social issues drama?
Swingin' at the Seance 