‘Army of Shadows’ is irresistible

Posted by Horror News on May 18, 2007

Every year, some movie that most people have never heard of shows up on critics' 10-best list. But last year, more than a few included a movie called 'Army of Shadows' -- not to be confused with Sam Raimi's 'Army of Darkness' -- which was not some tiny independent drama or documentary that could be seen only at film festivals. Though it is of foreign provenance, it is the work of a duly acclaimed director.

The hitch? 'Army of Shadows,' directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, had an official release date of 1969. Unlike most of Melville's movies, this drama about a civil engineer who like thousands of French men and women joined the underground Resistance in World War II, had never received an official United States release. So to anyone who didn't see it overseas, it was a new movie. Read more