Review: "Le Concerto de la Peur"/Night of Lust 1963 Oh, WOW!
Where do I start? The aim of KRIMI! is to present you european continental crime movies and that includes, of course, French ones. The problem with the French (oh, those French!) is that they never distinguish between art movies and commercial movies. And with the sensational success of Jean-Luc Godard's "À bout de souffle"/Breathless 1960 the nouvelle vague was sweeping all over Europe. But this is art house cinema and highly intellectual. So normally something we try to avoid here (ok, Breathless is also entertaining as hell, but that is the exception, just take a look at "Weekend") . Finally, after "3 years in court", the movie could be shown in the US, but it was still "Banned over half the world" And here, you can believe the hype. Well. The top selling point for this kind of cinema for the young and aspiring directors was that the realistic, outdoors, non-studio style that went with nouvelle vague was incredibly cheap to make. So h...
