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Night at the Crossroads
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Wikipedia article
'Night at the Crossroads' is a 1932 French film by Jean Renoir, based on the novel of the same title (known in English as 'Maigret at the Crossroads') by Georges Simenon and starring Renoir's brother Pierre Renoir as Simenon's popular detective, Inspector Maigret.
The French director Jacques Becker, then apprentice to Renoir, worked as assistant director and production manager on the film.
Reputation and influence
Often cited as being Jean Renoir's least well-known sound film,[http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:162387~T00 Allmovie: La Nuit du Carrefour] 'Night at the Crossroads' has nonetheless maintained a very strong critical reputation. In an article republished as part of Andr Bazin's book on Renoir, the French New Wave critic and filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard described it as being '"Renoir's most mysterious film"' and '"the only great French detective movie--in fact, the greatest of all adventure movies."'Bazin, Andr, Jean Renoir (1992), Da Capo Press, p. 231,
At a symposium on the Hungarian filmmaker Bla Tarr held at Facets Multimedia on 16 September 2007, American film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum mentioned that Tarr's then-new feature, 'The Man from London' (also based on a novel by Georges Simenon), was influenced by 'Night at the Crossroads'.Rosenbaum, Jonathan. Discussion. Facets Multimedia. Symposium: Bla Tarr. Facets Cinematheque, Chicago, Illinois. 16 September 2007.
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