Hardboiled: Three Pulp Thrillers By Alain Corneau [Blu-ray]

Author: VariousBrand: RadianceFeatures: Three pulp thrillers in the spirit of Dirty Harry and Jean-Pierre Melville from director Alain Corneau starring acting royalty from FranceBinding: Blu-rayFormat: Blu-rayRelease Date: 08-04-2025Part Number: RAD097BDLEDetails: Three pulp thrillers in the spirit of Dirty Harry and Jean-Pierre Melville from director Alain Corneau starring acting royalty from France As their popularity waned in the US, the hardboiled genre remained hugely popular and relevant throughout the 1960s and 70s in France, thanks to the successful Serie Noire imprint and a succession of new translations. In Alain Corneau's early films, he sought to continue the noir tradition in his native France, and was both directly and indirectly inspired by titans of hardboiled genre, including Kenneth Fearing and Jim Thompson. A heady combination of classic noir and 70s grit, these three darkly thrilling films are vastly underrated and important works in the canon of crime cinema. In