Jean-Pierre Melville Cineaste | Jacques Dupont | ACMI collection

This short film follows Jean-Pierre Melville during the filming of ‘The Shadow Army’. Melville explains his interest in WWII which stems from his involvement in the Resistance movement and later on led to his filming an adaptation of ‘Le Silence de la Mer’. He confides his fascination for American cinema where action matters first and foremost.

Credits: Director, Jacques Dupont.

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Credits

director

Jacques Dupont

Duration

00:07:00:00

Production places

France

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

X001808

Language

French

Subject category

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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