Seems like a great restoration
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Elevator to the Gallows
neil57 — 20 years ago(August 08, 2005 09:49 PM)
Film Forum is showing a restored print of Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows starting Wednesday August 24th. Based on the quality of the images in the new trailer, they have done an extraordinary job in this restoration. Compared to any print I have ever seen of this film in a theater or on video, the snippets in the trailer look like a completely different film. And the Miles Davis score has been restored too. I will definitely be heading back there to see this one.
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buff-29 — 20 years ago(August 26, 2005 01:24 PM)
Neil is right about the quality of the restoration and the score, and I really liked the movie (which I saw many years before). But: would you like to imagine what an American DA would say when the cops tell him he should prosecute the Moreau character for killing her husband? Or for being an accessory? Of course there would be a lot of laughter and then maybe some rueful cursing, but no prosecution, surely.
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barshada — 20 years ago(November 15, 2005 11:55 PM)
why? she's definitely an accessory if not the power behind the scenes. they always give the person who planned the murder more time than the person who actually carried it out. the way they see it, she was the powerful woman playing some fool in her husband's office. anyways, the real question is, how quickly do those kids decide to kill themselves? it's ridiculous! anyways, still a fantastic movie overall.
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essex9999 — 19 years ago(July 06, 2006 08:30 PM)
Yes, it would be a good movie even if all it had was the gorgeous B&W cinematography and score, but the story itself is spare but compelling. Cherchez la femme!
With regard to Mme Carala's (Jeanne Moreau character) guilt in court, I think the question is one of proof. Even though the French code of justice is not derived from English common law, it nevertheless includes a presumption of innocence, just as in Anglo-Saxon countries. The pictures prove she was having an affair with Julien, not that she planned or participated in her husband's murder. Even her suspicious behavior afterwards (wandering the streets asking for him, tracking down the real killers of the Germans) can be explained away by her trying to protect her lover. Perhaps we're meant to think that Julien ratted her out, but even then some independent proof would be needed, n'est-ce pas? -
Goodbye_Ruby_Tuesday — 18 years ago(November 03, 2007 08:13 PM)
This film was released on Criterion Collection, and it's beautiful. It looks like it was shot and processed yesterday, it was that crisp. And the film's amazing, too.
Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did he tell you exactly what to do, what to say?!