97-99 Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers by Alain Corneau

[swo17]

I believe this is the first release that's put 3 feature-length films on 3 discs in a single Amaray case

[therewillbeblus]

Yeah, and it's great, but Python 357 should be the buried disc, not the best film in the set!

[ryannichols7]

I believe this is the first release that's put 3 feature-length films on 3 discs in a single Amaray case

I was at first skeptical of it but after getting it, it looks nice. I do feel like there's room for Radiance to take on a design similar to Indicator's recent more slimline boxes - think Mexico Macabre and The Ormond Family, with the smaller digis so each film can still maintain its own artwork. either way, excited to dig into this yet after reading reactions here, but I didn't realize each of these are 2+ hours, so I didn't get to any of them yet unfortunately

[ex-cowboy]

Watched Série Noire the other day and thought is was very, very good. Dewaere, in particular, is superb. I haven't had a chance to look at the booklet yet, so apologies if this has already been mentioned/expanded on, but given the story and the character of the protagonist, some comparison with Taxi Driver is probably inevitable (and I don't mean in terms of quality) - particularly given the brief scene towards the end where Dewaere's character talks to himself in the mirror. In the same way as Taxi Driver has elements of a thriller, but builds into something stranger, Série also feels like less of a thriller and more a psychological portrait of a damaged individual and his various relationships, with any 'thrilling' elements deliberately downplayed -

Spoiler

the 'raid' on the aunt's house being but one case in point.

This isn't a criticism of this set's title at all, just an observation on the film's style.

According to the film's wiki, which I've only just read, the film was in part inspired by Corneau's viewing of Mean Streets, so it appears the 'similarity' to Scorsese was perhaps at least partially intentional.