Highlights include Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Eclisse, René Clément's Purple Noon, Jean-Luc Godard's Nouvelle Vague, Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samouraï and more!
Combine a something-to-prove lit-fuse charisma and a golden-boy-gets-rough assurance with ineffable Gallic cool…and you’re close to gauging the appeal that made Alain Delon one of the biggest movie stars France has ever produced. Virile yet vulnerable, handsome yet malleable, Delon was one of his country’s top draws from the outset of the 1960s until near the twilight of the 20th century. A turbulent childhood and an unsettled early adulthood after military service led him to redirect his energies into an acting career; directors saw that this smoldering, ambiguous young man had screen presence to burn. Equally at home in films d’auteur and crowd-pleasing genre fare (with a penchant for policiers and gangster films), Delon was unafraid of playing unsympathetic or inscrutable characters—which made for an ingrained tension with audience identification that he mined again and again. He took more creative ownership by producing, and on occasion writing and directing. Although he never forsook his home base and native cinema, he successfully courted global stardom through adventurous collaborations and pairings. With this retrospective, the Quad invites you to follow the exploits of his characters, both tough and tender.
Any Number Can Win
Henri Verneuil, 1963, France/Italy, 118m, 35mm
Borsalino
Jacques Deray, 1970, France/Italy, 125m, DCP
Le Cercle Rouge
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1970, France/Italy, 140m, DCP
Christine
Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 1958, France/Italy, 100m, 35mm
L’Eclisse
Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962, Italy/France, 126m, 35mm
Un Flic
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1972, France/Italy, 98m, DCP
Le Gang
Jacques Deray, 1977, Italy/France, 100m, DCP
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Jack Cardiff, 1968, UK/France, 91m, 35mm
Is Paris Burning?
René Clément, 1966, France/U.S., 173m, 35mm
The Leopard
Luchino Visconti, 1963, Italy/France, 186m, 35mm
Notre Histoire
Bertrand Blier, 1984, France 110m, 35mm
Nouvelle Vague
Jean-Luc Godard, 1990, France/Switzerland, 89m, 35mm
Purple Noon
René Clément, 1960, France/Italy, 118m, 35mm
Red Sun
Terence Young, 1971, France/Italy/Spain, 112m, 35mm
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti, 1960, Italy/France, 177m, DCP
Le Samouraï
Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967, France/Italy, 105m, 35mm
Scorpio
Michael Winner, 1973, U.S., 114m, 35mm
The Sicilian Clan
Henri Verneuil, 1969, France/U.S., 122m, 35mm
Spirits of the Dead
Federico Fellini/Louis Malle/Roger Vadim, 1968, France/Italy, 121m, 35mm
Swann in Love
Volker Schlöndorff, 1984, France/West Germany, 110m, 35mm
Three Men to Kill
Jacques Deray, 1980, France, 93m, DCP
Two Men in Town
José Giovanni, 1973, France/Italy, 100m, DCP
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