Alain Delon worked in some of the best movies of the second part of the XXth century. He became famous playing Rocco in Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Leopard
His personal life was always controversial. He had a son with German singer Nico, and he refused to recognized him. Because of Nico's personal problems, Delon's parents raised the kid. Alain Delon did not speak to them for years because of it. Because of his right-wing ideas, he starred in Joseph Losey's Mr. Klein to prove he was not a Nazi.
In Jean Pierre Melville's Le Samourai
, he had an on-screen aura only achieved by legends like Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietriech. I've probably seen the movie 7 times (or more). Every time it showed on an art-movie theater in Buenos Aires, I would attend. In fact, a friend once went to a showing not because he was interested in the movie, but because he needed to reach me urgently. He knew I would be there. He also fell in love with the movie, and with him. You need to watch it to understand what I'm talking about, but here is a trailer:
I need to watch le samourai. N isnso disappointed in me that I haven't right now.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching Le Samurai, a very "macho" Argentine friend of mine said: "I know I'm straight, but Alain Delon would be the only man in the world who would make me question it"
ReplyDeleteI love the Samurai. Have to see more of Delon (I think I actually have, but I need to live by an art cinema, dayum...)
ReplyDeleteOh, I have seen a lot of Delon. After Le Samurai, I would try anything he did with Luchino Visconti. Rocco and his Brothers is my personal favorite. He was also in another Jean Pierre Melville movie, Un Flic. Not as good as Le Samourai, but that just means it's very good and not a masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteDelon was the most beautiful actor in film history and the most charming.It is not difficult to understand how he could make a str8 male question his sexuality.I am a str8 woman,Delon is the epitome of bi-sexuality.
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