Monday, April 11, 2011

Monsieur Hire - 1989

Here is a French film that I saw many years ago that is still reflective in my mind.   It has a lot of instrumental music and not so much dialogue.   It is quite suspenseful.  The film is based on Belgian-born French writer Georges Simenon's novel. Simenon wrote many popular detective books.  The original music by Michael Nyman is wonderful.  

Monsieur Hire works as a tailor but he is also a voyeur who spies on his gorgeous neighbor from across the street.  There's a subplot and it keeps you wondering.  I can't tell you more but it's worth a screening.  The ending may be a little flat (I really cannot recall)---but when that happens I add my own version of the next scene.  I need to see this one again myself.

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