SUBTEXT: Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1)

Jef Costello is a hit-man with airtight alibis, impeccable style, and a strict code of honor. Add to this a masterful ability to evade his pursuers, mobsters and authorities alike, and a simple but effective home alarm system in the form of a bird. But what he cannot orchestrate, control, or evade is the improvisational nature of a genuine encounter with another person, which he unexpectedly finds with the jazz musician who witnesses him leaving the scene of one of his crimes. Wes & Erin discuss Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1967 noir thriller “Le Samouraï,” and the surprising power of love to capture its fugitives, even if it means finding them in the most shadowy of underworlds. The post SUBTEXT: Sight and Solitude in Le Samouraï (1967) by Jean-Pierre Melville (Part 1) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.