71-Le Samourai - Director:Jean-Pierre Melville. - Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier and Jacques Leroy.

“I don’t want to situate my heroes in time; I don’t want the action of a film to be recognizable as something that happens in 1968. That’s why in Le samouraï, for example, the women aren’t wearing miniskirts, while the men are wearing hats—something, unfortunately, that no one does anymore. I’m not interested in realism. All my films hinge on the fantastic. I’m not a documentarian; a film is first and foremost a dream, and it’s absurd to copy life in an attempt to produce an exact re-creation of it. Transposition is more or less a reflex with me: I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.”
-Jean-Pierre Melville-

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"'Each time Jean-Pierre Melville releases a new film, all filmmakers, including those who hate him, book a seat to see 'how it's done'."

-L'Express in 1969-

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"Like a painter or a musician, a filmmaker can suggest complete mastery with just a few strokes. Jean-Pierre Melville involves us in the spell of ``Le Samourai'' (1967) before a word is spoken. He does it with light: a cold light, like dawn on an ugly day. And color: grays and blues. And actions that speak in place of words."

-Roger Ebert-

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"The only part of an actor's life that I like is the 20 seconds between 'roll it' and 'cut it'.I hate all the rest.It's against my nature."

-Alain Delon-

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"I have a fear of esthetics.Personally,I prefer ethics.My 'bad boy' characters all have a code of honor,of loyalty and courage."

-Jean-Pierre Melville-

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"My heroes or anti-heroes resemble me.Insofar as any creation resembles it's creator,just as John Wayne is a self-projection of John Ford--A Flattering one."

-Jean-Pierre Melville-