Lift to the Scaffold (1957)

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Paris Noir

Leon Collins from London, 7th December, 2006

More film-noir than New Wave this Louis Malle thriller will have you on the edge of your seat actually hoping the murderous couple, Julien Tavernier (Ronet) and his mistress Florence (Moreau) pull it off. But fate plays a cruel hand. Also remarkable for the improvised Miles Davis background score - a must for all jazz fans.

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Very cool

gilesh from from portesham, 8th July, 2006

If you're a fan of film noir and enjoy seeing your heroes suffer at the hands of a cruel yet ultimately disinterested fate then this is your kind of movie. A simple and very tight plot with a beautiful twist ending all set in a super bleak 60s Paris add up to one of the greatest (in my opinion) and definately coolest New Wave films ever. DEFINATELY ONE TO WATCH!

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Holds up well

InspectorSands from from London, 9th August, 2008

Excellent noir which had be gripped from the beginning thanks to hits winning, unfussy style of direction and lovely b+w photography. Oh, and Miles Davis' score. A man intends to commit the murder of his lover's husband but circumstances work against him. Just when you think it's going to be Kubrickesque yarn in which he see him suffer and fail to put things right, a neat subplot starts up which takes the pressure off, the two eventually dovetail but you have no idea how it's going to turn out. There are one or two plot holes or incongruities mentioned on imdb, but they don't really mar this classic movie.

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Wonderful

A Customer from Shaftesbury, England, 4th May, 2007

What a super story - I enjoyed it very much

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