Episode 704: Army of Shadows (1969)

We conclude Art House August with a look at Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969). Based loosely on Joseph Kessel's memoir about the French Resistance in World War II, the film stars Lino Ventura as Phillipe Gerbier, one of a handful of Resistance fighters we meet as we travel through the underworld, striking out at the German occupiers and those loyal to the Vichy government.

Andrew Leavold and Samm Deighan join Mike for an insightful conversation while special guest Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris, discusses Melville's career at the time and the reaction to the film.

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