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==dida1984==
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056917//
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHNKIxCGfWU
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Director Henri Verneuil originally conceived this film as a latter day
Gallic western, with lorries replacing horses, and the North African
landscape making a plausible substitute for the American mid-west. The
resulting film isn’t so much a western as a gripping chase film – at
times very reminiscent of H.G. Clouzot’s Le Salaire de la peur (1953)
and Steven Spielberg’s Duel (1971). The action takes a while to build
but once the chase gets underway the film sustains itself brilliantly,
thanks to its magnificent, tension-inducing photography, great
performances from a cast of fine actors and some humorous dialogue
from Michel Audiard. A pity that, after a great chase sequence, the
narrative just dries up, collapsing exhaustedly without even a half-
decent ending.
The stars of Cent mille dollars au soleil are none other than Jean-
Paul Belmondo and Lino Ventura, two iconic film actors who were at the
height of their popularity when the film was released. Another greatly
admired actor, Bernard Blier, appears in a memorable comedy role which
strangely resembles Coluche, a comedy icon of the 1980s. Whilst the
film was generally badly received by the critics, and even condemned
for its dated portrayal of French colonialist sentiment, it was a huge
box office success in France, achieving three and half million ticket
sales (making it the second most popular film in France that year
after L’Homme de Rio, in which Belmondo also starred).
