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1. Mutual attraction. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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2. South of Paris. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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3. Filling up. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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4. On the run. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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5. Roadblock. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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6. Headed off. Limited edition woodcut print - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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7. Deus ex Machina. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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8. Nightclub scene. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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9. Paris by Night. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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10. An ending. Limited edition woodcut print with linocut colouring - image size 22.5 x 30 cms paper size 34.5 x 42 cms.
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Bleak landscapes, urban and rural; men with homburgs and shooters; filling stations; big American cars at night – Jean-Pierre Melville (1917-1973) transposed the icons of American film noir into 1970s France. These prints are inspired by his film Le Cercle Rouge. Film noir, for sure, but with existentialist undercurrents. The film tells the tale of Corey’s release from prison, his confrontation with his former associate Rico, his perpetration of a jewellery robbery, and finally his death at the hands of the police.
The sequence of events:
1. Mutual attraction. Corey and a waitress are drawn to each other in a café. Nothing comes of it.
2. South of Paris. Corey drives from Marseilles to Paris.
3. Filling up. Corey stops for petrol prior to getting food at a service station. Soon he will have a passenger.
4. On the run. A prisoner - Vogel - escapes police custody and becomes the object of a manhunt. He escapes by hiding in the boot of Corey's car.
5. Roadblock. There are tense moments when Corey is stopped at a police roadblock. But the police do not open the boot of Corey's car.
6. Headed off. Corey is headed off and forced to drive along a forest track, where Rico's thugs intend to shoot him.
7. Deus ex Machina. About to kill Corey, the gangsters are caught out when Vogel emerges from the boot of Corey's car. The tables are turned. The gangsters die in the forest.
8. Nightclub scene. Plotting the robbery in the nightclub.
9. Paris by Night. Driving through Paris night with the proceeds of the robbery, which has succeeded.
10. An ending. Carrying the proceeds of the robbery, Cory dies in a hail of bullets when he is ambushed by police. Futility and nihilism forever!
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