those living waves, die one after another, monotonously, but they make no foaming sound

magic-hour & darkness (plus day-for-night) inl'armée des l'ombres - jean-pierre melville - 1969cinematography by pierre lhommethe bird of passage rests on the waves, then abandons himself to their movements, full of proud grace, until the bones of his wings have recovered their accustomed strength and he can continue his aerial pilgrimage..... i want to die lulled by the waves of the stormy

enneigé - covered with snow

jean-pierre melville - l'armée des ombres - 1969cinematography - pierre lhommeactor - lino venturafirst post in a series looking at the difference betweenmagic-hour/night-time photography and day-for-nightin melville's l'armée des ombresbased on an amateur's (lover's) view-point(enneigé images - memories of winter nights in harlem, nyc by young gossamer)

robert bresson, samuel fuller, jean-pierre melville & trains in cinema

train travel in:-samuel fuller's pickup on south street, 1953 (aka pickpocket)-robert bresson's pickpocket, 1959-jean-pierre melville's le samouraï, 1967(all films comprise a certain criminal activity in the underground)abstractions from samuel fuller's pick-up on south street, 1953(dp. joseph macdonald *)moments from robert bresson's pickpocket, 1959(dp. léonce-henri burel)abstractions from