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	:: rogerebert.com :: Great Movies :: Rififi (xhtml)
		The modern heist movie was invented in Paris in 1954 by Jules Dassin, with "Rififi," and Jean-Pierre Melville, with "Bob le Flambeur." Dassin built his film around a 28-minute safe-cracking sequence that is the father of all later movies in which thieves carry out complicated robberies.
		"Rififi" is more interested in the human element, and plays as a parabola, with the heist at the top before the characters descend to collect their wages of sin.
		Streets are usually wet in movies because they photograph better that way, but Paris is especially damp in "Rififi," shot in wintertime and showing a criminal milieu where the only warmth comes in a flat where one of the crooks lives with his wife and little boy.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020901/REVIEWS08/209010301/1023 (1192 words)

	DVD Review - Rififi
		But "Rififi" is best known, and rightfully so, for the heist that is at the center of its tale.
		This deliberately paced sequence is full of tension and surprises and is filmed in almost complete silence with no musical score or dialogue other than the strained breaths of the thieves coupled with the soft clink of the tools of their trade.
		Presented in its original full-frame, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, "Rififi" is a fl and white delight.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/rififi.shtml (1125 words)

	Rififi (1955)
		It was fascinating to watch the preparations for the robbery, and the sequence in which the four men perform the deed is a justly-celebrated masterwork.
		Rififi appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
		In any case, I thought that the audio of Rififi seemed weak even for its era, but despite all of these flaws, the track wasn’t a total disaster, which is why I gave it a “C-“.
	www.dvdmg.com /rififi.shtml (1808 words)

	Rififi
		There is a lot of evidence that challenges to the mainstream pop culture of the 1950s owed much to the flickering embers of the 1930s and 40s radical movement.
		Although "Rififi" was made in France in 1955, during the time Dassin was in exile, it eventually made its way into American movie theaters, including the Lyceum in Woodridge, a tiny resort village in the Catskills where I grew up.
		"Rififi" was the first movie that Dassin made after a five year absence from the industry, forced upon him by the fllist.
	www.columbia.edu /~lnp3/mydocs/culture/Rififi.htm (919 words)

	RIFIFI
		Rififi is set in Paris, where gristly Tony (Jean Servais) has just been popped from the pokey after serving five years for a jewel robbery.
		Rififi is pretty violent for a 45-year-old film, but most of the brutal stuff takes place just off-camera (like the ear-severing scene in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs).
		Rififi is based on Auguste Le Breton’s novel and features a performance by La Dolce Vita’s Magali Noël, who sings “Rififi,” a song about physical confrontation in Grutter’s nightclub.
	www.sick-boy.com /rififi.htm (481 words)

	Images - Rififi
		DVD review David Ng Rififi is French slang for "rough and tumble" and while the word is spoken, or sung rather, in only one scene, the feeling that it conveys — the sense of angry, downtrodden masculinity -- pervades the entire movie.
		Relentlessly copied, and itself borrowing liberally from its antecedents, Rififi is pulled off with the same cool efficiency as its climactic centerpiece, an elaborate jewel heist that occupies 33 dialogue-free minutes.
		Released in 1955 and again last year in a restored print, Rififi is now available on DVD from the Criterion Collection, and it includes a half-hour interview with the director, Jules Dassin.
	www.imagesjournal.com /issue10/reviews/rififi (105 words)

	Rififi
		Rififi became a hit around the world, even though it stirred up sensationalism for its excessive use of gunplay and dope use, all of which led to its condemnation by the League of Decency.
		Rififi was shot in Paris in beautiful fl and white for a modest $200,000.
		And while streets are usually wet in movies because they photograph better that way, the city of Paris is especially damp in Rififi, which was shot in wintertime and depicted a criminal milieu where the only warmth comes in an apartment where one of the crooks lives with his wife and little boy.
	www.filmmonthly.com /Noir/Articles/Rififi/Rififi.html (600 words)

	MetroActive Movies \| 'Rififi'
		Rififi is a film vastly cooler than the recent Croupier.
		Rififi's director, Jules Dassin, was an involuntary American expatriate, previously best known for the original version of Night and the City.
		It was a kind of genre--at least eight films were made with "rififi" in the title, none of which were sequels.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/11.16.00/rififi-0046.html (634 words)

	French Culture \| Cinema \| Jules Dassin: Rififi (1955) / Criterion DVD 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Criterion is proud to present Rififi in a pristine digital transfer.
		Named a communist, he fled to Europe, where he tried to direct for various French and Italian companies, only to be foiled when Hollywood made it clear to the foreign producers that it would forbid any film that bore Dassin¹s name to be distributed in the U.S. By 1955, the situation was unbearable.
		Rififi is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
	www.frenchculture.org /Cinema/releases/dassin/rififi.html (415 words)

	Rififi / Cinema Classics New York 10079 \| Yelp
		Rififi is very very small and gets packed by midnight even during the weekday.
		Rififi boasts a wide variety of entertainment on their different nights: comedy, DJs, burlesque, film, etc. '80s dancing on Friday nights is always a ton of fun!
		A few months ago, Rififi would have gotten five stars from me. When I first stumbled in here on a Friday night, I was ecstatic over the 80's new wave music and the dive-y, unpretentious atmosphere of the place.
	www.yelp.com /biz/xg8PtSqwzq9tyMXVXP1WDw (2992 words)

	DVD Savant Review: Rififi
		Du Rififi chez les hommes is touted as 'the first French film noir', but it should really be called the first Euro noir.
		Rififi is a continental riff on a style he knew from the inside out.
		Rififi is perhaps the first crime thriller to really concentrate on the Caper for its key focus.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s239rififi.html (1107 words)

	Rififi (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		Also known asDu Rififi Chez Les Hommes due to the infamous Auguste Le Breton book on which it is based, Jules Dassin’s 1955 film noir adaptation immediately went down a storm in France and its title continues to be used as a European shorthand for pulp heist movies and hard-boiled thrillers.
		What sets these later entries to the genre apart from their progenitor is that Rififi doesn’t use the heist as a gimmick; all the way through the action facets of character are revealed or developed in constantly surprising and sometimes amusing ways.
		Dassin doesn’t break the icy tension for the whole 28 minutes, the dialogue bereft nature accentuates the anxiety of the audience as elements of the original plan go increasingly awry and, due to the nature of the vibration and sound sensitive alarm system, the characters are not permitted to use words to warn each other.
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/rififi.html (1993 words)

	Rififi : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rififi is a crime movie with real power behind it.
		Rififi, shot on the rainy streets of Paris, is imbued with the same gritty realism that marked Dassin´s earlier work in New York (The Naked City) and London (Night and the City).
		Out of jail after a five-year stretch, he joins up with a couple of pals to pull one last heist: a jewel robbery that is portrayed in such detail (including tips on how to silence an alarm using a fire extinguisher) that the film was banned in several countries.
	www.pagenation.com /an/B00005AABK.html (1699 words)

	Jules Dassin's RIFIFI
		Yet ''Rififi'' became, here and abroad, a benchmark for adventures centering on a group of criminals or agents plotting and executing a big score.
		On its own terms ''Rififi'' is just about flawless: a genre movie brought off so keenly that it defines that genre's strengths and limits.
		Dassin said he landed ''Rififi'' because the producer who had bought the book realized that it had a problem: ''All the bad guys were North Africans.'' With Frenchmen raging over their government's behavior in Algeria, the producer hoped to avoid controversy.
	www.filmforum.org /archivedfilms/rififiarticle.html (1721 words)

	Rififi DVD at Video Universe
		Based on the novel of the same title, DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES by Auguste le Breton, the film's use of hard-boiled slang and the gangster garb of trench coats, top hats, and a cigarette dangling from one corner of the mouth went on to become the emblems of Humphrey Bogart-style noir classics.
		In RIFIFI, a hardened man, Tony le Stephanois (Jean Servais) is released from prison after five years to find that his woman has shacked up with another gangster, and the life he had planned to return to no longer exists.
		RIFIFI's director of photography, Philippe Agostini, was one of the masters of monochrome.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/1599050/a/Rififi.htm (1305 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Rififi: Criterion Collection
		Rififi is one of those films that you remember for a glorious sequence that once seen, stays with you forever.
		In Rififi, it's an extraordinary half-hour heist sequence in which Tony and his gang methodically break into the jewelry store, open the safe, and make their getaway.
		Rififi is one of those films that you love to return to regularly to see what great film-making is all about.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/rififi.php (1490 words)

	Rififi (1954)
		Above all, the movie is a tribute to professionalism and the poetry of hard work — a theme that was especially meaningful to American director Dassin, who was fllisted in Hollywood when Edward Dmytryk named him as a Communist before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952.
		Explaining his sympathetic view of the thieves in the movie, Dassin comments, "I think I'm a crook at heart." He clearly knew how it felt to be treated as a crook: His focus on problems of honor and betrayal reflects his own experiences as a victim of anti-Communist persecution.
		Rififi is presented in full-screen format (1.33:1 aspect ratio) with French and English audio tracks, both in Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=6163&PID=10091047&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (787 words)

	Rififi
		Rififi is one of those films that seems to be at the center of all cinematic influences.
		The centerpiece of the film (almost literally--it occupies the middle third of the movie) is a 30 minute sequence filmed without dialogue in which the details of the heist are depicted in intimate detail.
		What we see in Rififi is a confluence of influences: German Expressionism, Film noir (itself derived from German Expressionism), and Italian Neo-Realism are stirred together into this film and the end result is something that looks startlingly like the films of the French New Wave, a movement still a couple of years down the road.
	www.tranquility.net /~benedict/rififi.html (485 words)

	London Gentlemens Club \| The Rififi Mayfair
		The Rififi is an exclusive London gentlemen's Club.
		Add superb food together with royalty class service, luxury surroundings and atmosphere and you have a recipe for a night of eternal pleasure.
		The temporary membership offer entitles you to entry to the Rififi Private Members Club where you can be wined and dined by our beautiful entertainer hostesses with singing, dancing or simply enjoy our live music and Karaoke show.
	www.rifificlub.co.uk (191 words)

	The Criterion Collection: Rififi
		Rififi is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.
		"Rififi is one of those films that you love to return to regularly to see what great film-making is all about.
		"Rififi IS a great film, made even better with the love and care given to it for this DVD release.
	www.criterionco.com /asp/release.asp?id=115 (289 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| Jules Dassin: The early years
		Dassin made "Rififi" after four years of unemployment due to the anti-Communist fllist.
		Francois Truffaut, who at the time of "Rififi" wrote that he adored Dassin's way of "combining the documentary approach with lyricism," soon was scolding the director for betraying his "good instincts and temperament" in the tortured and confused "He Who Must Die" (1957).
		The week "Rififi" reopened in New York to huge business and tumultuous acclaim, critic David Thomson warned NPR listeners against overvaluing the accomplishments of politically persecuted filmmakers like Dassin.
	archive.salon.com /ent/col/srag/2000/08/24/dassin/index.html?CP=SAL&... (1143 words)

	Combustible Celluloid - Rififi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1955, Francois Truffaut hailed Jules Dassin's Rififi, saying "out of the worst crime novels I have ever read, Jules Dassin has made the best crime film I have ever seen." Dassin was in a particularly interesting situation at the time.
		Yet Rififi is the exact opposite of those films, with their wisecracking wise-guys, always quick with a snappy remark or a colorful story.
		The word "Rififi" roughly translates to "Rough and Tumble." The song grinds the movie to a halt, and even Truffaut singles it out in his review as a drawback.
	www.combustiblecelluloid.com /rififi.shtml (701 words)

	Rififi \| The A.V. Club
		Although John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle laid the groundwork five years earlier, 1955's Rififi remains the quintessential heist film, largely on the strength of a bravura 35-minute robbery sequence presented with no music and not a whisper of dialogue.
		Aside from the ambient pops of dust on the optical track, the only sounds are the muted chisels and drills manned by four thieves as they gingerly chip their way through the ceiling of a jewelry shop.
		Rififi doesn't stop to languish in its dingy atmosphere or its hero's existential ennui.
	www.avclub.com /content/node/4264 (433 words)

	village voice > film > Rififi; Criminal Lovers; X-Men by J. Hoberman
		For the French, Rififi had Hollywood pizzazz; for Americans, it had continental sophistication; for both, it seemed to possess an authoritative naturalism.
		Rififi had an influence on Jean-Pierre Melville, who was evidently supposed to direct and soon after worked with Le Breton on his caper film Bob Le Flambeur.
		Now Rififi is downtown—the latest re-release from Rialto, an outfit that has managed to make the fl-and-white art-house hits of the '50s look better than new.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0029/hoberman.shtml (1337 words)

	'Rififi' deserves status as forerunner among crime films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It is, after all, the film Leonard Maltin calls "the granddaddy of all caper/heist movies" -- the work that defined the genre for the subsequent four decades of filmmakers, none of whom was able to surpass it for style or suspense.
		It should be noted that, over the years, critics have taken their swipes at "Rififi." Pauline Kael complained about its "nasty" tone and particularly loathed the scene in which, as punishment for her infidelity, Tony strips his ex-mistress (Marie Sabouret) and savagely whips her with his belt.
		Still, acknowledging all of the above, "Rififi" is one heck of a movie, and a landmark in French crime drama.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /movies/rifiq.shtml (704 words)

	Amazon.com: Rififi - Criterion Collection: DVD: Jacques Besnard,Janine Darcey,Jacques David,Alice Garan,Pierre ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Rififi, shot on the rainy streets of Paris, is imbued with the same gritty realism that marked Dassin's earlier work in New York (The Naked City) and London (Night and the City).
		Out of jail after a five-year stretch, he joins up with a couple of pals to pull one last heist: a jewel robbery that is portrayed in such detail (including tips on how to silence an alarm using a fire extinguisher) that the film was banned in several countries.
		"Rififi" is almost the same caliber of "The Third Man." Its a crime story - its about a quartet of thieves who after pulling off a daring robbery (the robbery itself is an wonderfully extended silent sequence) and it has a lot of the "late-noir" ambience that the "Third Man" and "Touch of Evil" have.
	www.amazon.com /Rififi-Criterion-Collection-Jacques-Besnard/dp/B00005A8TX (3230 words)

	Stone Makes "Rififi" A "Believer" (March 31st, 2006)
		Ron Bass has been tapped to adapt the Nicholas Sparks best-seller "True Believer," while Bo Goldman is writing the adaptation of the remake of the 1955 heist film "Rififi" - both for Stone Village Prods says The Hollywood Reporter.
		The supernatural love story "Believer" follows a writer for Scientific American who debunks myths and frauds but finds himself questioning his cynicism when he travels to a small town in North Carolina and falls for the granddaughter of the town psychic.
		"Rififi" tells the story of a career thief who, upon leaving prison, discovers his wife has left him and finds himself returning to crime with a planned jewelry store heist.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news06/060331f.php (189 words)

	IGN: Rififi Heist Remake En Route
		Naturally, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood decided up one-up it, and American filmmaking is on a bit of a caper streak thanks to hits like The Italian Job and Ocean's Eleven.
		Rififi is the story of a career thief who returns to crime after leaving prison and discovering his wife has left him.
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	movies.ign.com /articles/643/643609p1.html (211 words)

	Rififi - Rotten Tomatoes
		A banner film that broke through standards of accepted language, dialogue, gun violence, and crime on screen and stylized the film noir genre, Jules Dassin's 1954 film RIFIFI was an instant success.
		The things the guys do in Rififi to get the job done are impressively innovative and always believable.
		The underworld romance of Rififi's Paris has an undeniable and timeless appeal.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/1017591-rififi (784 words)

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