Bob le Flambeur 4K Blu-ray

Kino Lorber have detailed their upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob le Flambeur (1956), starring Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Isabelle Corey, Guy Decomble, and Claude Cerval. The release is scheduled to arirve on the market on August 13.

Description: Suffused with wry humor, Bob Le Flambeur melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler (Roger Duchesne) navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen and naïve associates while plotting one last score—the heist of the Deauville casino.

This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize. Boasting a beautifully written screenplay by Melville and Auguste Le Breton (Razzia Sur la Chnouf) and stunning black-and-white cinematography by Henri Decaë (The 400 Blows, Purple Noon).

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE BY STUDIOCANAL (SDR)
• Audio Commentary by Film Critic Nick Pinkerton
• Diary of a Villain: Documentary by Dominique Maillet (25:45)
• Theatrical Trailer
• In French with Optional English Subtitles