Becker’s near-documentary approach lends newfound excitement to a tried-and-true genre, and influenced a generation of French filmmakers.

The camera only moves when absolutely necessary, and when it does, it never calls attention to itself.

There’s a drabness to the art direction,shot in naturalistic black-and-white.

Marc Michel in Le Trou

Including classics and modern favorites.

Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about this approach is that it doesn’t diminish the film’s entertainment value.

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