At the gallery space on the 7th floor of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Film Center in Kyobashi 3-chome, a special exhibition by Jean-Pierre Melville, who created an era in French films, is being held.
The name of the exhibition is "The 100th Birthday Jean-Pierre Melville, the Beauty of Dark Movies".
The event will be held from Tuesday, September 26 to December 10 (Sunday), and the opening hours are from 11:00 to 18:30 (entry until 18:00). Monday is closed.
(Original poster (1950):
Jean-Pierre Melville is a director who has a solid position in the history of French cinema, and is particularly known as the creator of dark films (film Noir), and is said to have had a strong impact on contemporary Asian films, including Japan.
("Bob" Original Poster (1955))
In this exhibition, more than 200 works, including posters and press materials from around the world, snapshots of the shooting site, and design drawings of art sets, are exhibited.
The preservation of posters half a century ago is wonderful, and the atmosphere of those days is well conveyed.
Also, at the venue, videos are also played in several places, where you can taste the French film noir of the time.
("Samurai" Japanese version poster (1968))
"Samurai" and "Nigi" Alan Dron and Yves Montan were cool.
("Nigi" Japanese version poster (1970))
"Lisbon Limited Express" was also directed by Melville, right?
Catherine Denouvre, it was beautiful
Reno Banchula, Simone Signole, had a presence~
Just looking at the posters at that time, I am impressed by the oldness, and the memories of the famous scenes of the movie are revived.
("Shadow Armed Forces" Japanese version poster (1970))
The images used in this blog were provided by the center.
Thank you very much
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan. ⇒
