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Detective

Detective
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Format: DVD
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Screen: Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Languages: French
Subtitles: English
No. of Disks: 1
Region: Region 2
Release Date: 16 May 2005
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A return to critical and commercial favour for legendary auteur and iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard, Detective entertainingly meshes the director's experimental bent with his fondness for the noir thrillers of the 1940's.

Set amidst the confines of a decaying Parisian hotel, Detective is set in motion when miserably married couple Francois (Nathalie Baye) and Emile (Claude Brasseur) attempt to collect a debt from mob-plagued boxing manager, the mischievously named Jim Fox Warner (Johnny Hallyday - L'homme du train). Meanwhile, house detective Laurent Terzieff tries to solve an old murder case.

Co-dedicated to John Cassavetes, Edward G. Ulmer and Clint Eastwood - which perhaps tells you all you need to know about the film's maverick spirit, Detective is a characteristically barbed and witty take on modern morality and popular culture. Playfully riffling on the charisma of its many stars, the film marked the feature debut of Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise).

Special Features

  • Introduction by Colin MacCabe, film critic and author of "Godard: A Portrait of