Awesome actor, awesome presence on screen.
An icon of European cinema.
Great lover of women and dogs.
RIPđź•ŻGauche (Red Sun 1971)
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There was nothing like Le Samourai.
Purple Noon, La Piscine, Un Flic, Mr. Klein, Two Men in Town, Circle Rouge.
So good in Melville movies. He and Belmondo - all time movie stars and actors. Truly great.
R.I.P. Alain Repose en Paix ! He was the "James Dean meets Clint Eastwood" of French cinema. He stood out in Rocco and His Brothers, Red Circle and other movies.
shareHe was in his own category and at the top of it. As was Belmondo. Why does have to be James Dean meets Clint”?
shareA mixture of James Dean and Clint Eastwood: Alain Delon had that innocent beautiful boyish look of James Dean and like Eastwood he also took part in many action movies, such as Zorro and cop movies.
shareDean was the inspiration for a lot of actors. I know Delon liked him. But who he really admired was John Garfield and Jean Marais.
I just like to think of Alain Delon as one of a kind. No one before him. No one after. Not connected to anyone. He shines in his own glory. You could argue he might even be better than Dean and Eastwood.
Oh, that is too bad. Rest In Peace, M. Delon. I liked him a lot in La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) with Romy Schneider (1968).
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