The Alain Delon Collection
Filed under: New on DVD
Though they only released three today, the ten previews on the new releases strongly suggest that Kino is planning to flood the American market with Alain Delon DVDs. And I, for one, fall at their feet in gratitude. Alain Delon is-- totally objectively, I swear-- possibly the most beautiful man ever to walk the earth. You look at him and are stunned more than turned on: how on earth can someone who looks like that actually exist? To Delon's credit, though, and that of his directors, he has always been more than willing to manipulate audience reactions to his beauty, and the handful of truly great films that he's made all play off of those reactions.
In Rocco and his Brothers, he's the impossibly lovely, innocent youngest son, while in Purple Noon (Based on the Patricia Highsmith novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley-- he plays the Matt Damon role. Much better, if you need to ask.) his perfection becomes almost predatory. Later, in Le Samourai, Delon becomes an empty vessel, totally devoid of outward emotion or individuality.
While the three films released today-- Borsalino & Co., Flic Story, and Two Men in Town-- are far from his best (he's made a lot of crap), the fact remains that they're still Delon. Even at his worst, Delon is almost always able to grab a moment or two in a film and infuse it with a bit of a shimmer; to remind the simple, silly viewers how truly great he can be.
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