Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Audio commentary featuring film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, and film critic Geoff Andrew of the british film institute; New video interview with director Bertrand Tavernier, who served as publicity agent on the film; Archival footage featuring interviews with Melville and actor Lino Ventura; Original theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; Plus: a new essay by film critic Adrian Danks

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Le Deuxihme Souffle
1. Opening Credits [:58]
2. Escape [5:01]
3. Marseille, November 20, 11:00 P.M. [4:53]
4. Inspector Blot [5:31]
5. Marseille, November 22 [:35]
6. Paris, November 23, 12:25 A.M. [7:57]
7. Professionals [1:43]
8. The Hideout [3:03]
9. Jo and Paul Ricci [1:46]
10. Orloff [3:35]
11. Blot and Manouche [3:27]
12. A Romantic Dinner [4:20]
13. Blot Pays a Visit to Jo's Club [6:06]
14. Novermber 25... [8:34]
15. November 26... [1:34]
16. November 27... [5:06]
17. December 10... [2:40]
18. Orloff Propose a Substitute [3:40]
19. The Night of December 27-28 [2:05]
20. December 28... [4:44]
21. The Heist [13:11]
22. "This Place Belongs to My In-Laws" [4:12]
23. Blot Goes Ballistic [5:16]
24. Vanishing [5:00]
25. The Angel Nevada [6:00]
26. Interrogations [8:25]
27. Casing the Meeting Spot [3:56]
28. The Meeting [4:04]
29. A New Confession [7:22]
30. "Not Until I Clear My Name" [4:44]
31. "My Word Is Enough" [5:11]
32. "You Dropped Something" [3:53]
33. End Credits [1:15]
1. Color Bars [:20]
1. Introduction [:58]
2. A Film Gris [5:01]
3. Differences From the Novel [4:53]
4. Paul Meurisse and the Long Take [5:31]
5. Franco-American Hybrid [:35]
6. Lino Ventura [7:57]
7. Sympathy for An Assassin [1:43]
8. The Professional Ethos of Gangsters [3:03]
9. Bourgeois Gangsters [1:46]
10. Loyalty and Betrayal [3:35]
11. Abstraction [3:27]
12. Sexlessness [4:20]
13. The Police and the Underworld [6:06]
14. Gu Senses the Trap [8:34]
15. Jacques Becker [1:34]
16. Howard Hawks [5:06]
17. Ventura and Army of Shadows [2:40]
18. The Laws of the Genre [3:40]
19. A Parody of Domesticity [2:05]
20. Too American [4:44]
21. Cinema of Process [13:11]
22. Precision Filmmaking [4:12]
23. Gu's Tragic Mistake [5:16]
24. Economy of Direction [5:00]
25. Jean Negroni As George Raft [6:00]
26. The Ben Barka Affair [8:25]
27. Critical Battles [3:56]
28. A"Right-Wing Anarchist" [4:04]
29. Gu's Enemies [7:22]
30. Gu's Sartorial Evolution [4:44]
31. Melville and Masculinity [5:11]
32. Blot and Gu [3:53]
33. The Pinnacle of His Career [1:15]
1. Color Bars [:20]