Episode 243
Ghost Dog - Way of Le Samouraï
- Special Guests
- Tim Palmer, Sara Piazza
- Guest Co-Host
- Peter Rozovsky
Show notes
Noir November returns with a quartet of unusual titles. We kick off the month with a double dose from Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai.
Our guests include Sara Piazza, author of Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise and Tim Palmer (opens in a new tab), Professor of Film Studies at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and author on many pieces on Jean-Pierre Melville/French Cinema. Our guest co-host, Peter Rozovsky, is the author of Detectives Beyond Borders (opens in a new tab).
Labels: Jean-Pierre Melville Jim Jarmusch Neonoir
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Music credits
- "Ronin (feat. Stranga Tha Great, El*a*kwents & Scripture)" - Guerrilla Alliance
- "Cold Lampin' With Flavor" - Public Enemy
Links & resources
- Buy Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Le Samourai on DVD (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris by Ginette Vincendeau (opens in a new tab)
- Buy Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise by Sara Piazza (opens in a new tab)
- Buy The Jarmusch Way: Spirituality and Imagination in Dead Man, Ghost Dog, and The Limits of Control by Julian Rice (opens in a new tab)
- Read Jean-Pierre Melville and the 1970s French film style by Tim Palmer (opens in a new tab)
- Read French Crime Cinema before the New Wave by Tim Palmer (opens in a new tab)
- Be sure to visit Detectives Beyond Borders (opens in a new tab)
- Listen to our episode on The Killer (opens in a new tab)
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Comments (4)
Peter Rozovsky I naturally got a great kick out of Tim Palmer's mentioning the streak of humor in Melville that a lot of people might miss. ====================== Detectives Beyond Borders "Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home" http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.comSara Piazza Thank you Rob, thank you Projection Booth - it is truly one special and visionary podcast you guys created. 3 + hours about Melville and Jarmusch. My hat (a fedora?) goes off to you. It was a pleasure to be part of it. I wished I would stutter a bit less... ;o)Peter Rozovsky Sara, I mentioned the use of sound in "Le Samouraï, " so I was especially interested in your remarks. I may try to track down your book because of this podcast. Mille grazie!Sara Piazza Hi Peter, sorry - just saw your comment. Yes! I really liked where you spoke about "silence" forcing the viewers/listeners to concentrate more. And also the idea of a lack of dialogue which does not al all imply a lack of communication tout court... I suspect you might enjoy my book ;o) Grazie a te!