I ended up watching Army of Shadows this past weekend. I am still digesting; I’ll try to speak to it in the War Films thread later. It was fantastic, but the way it unfurled, languidly almost, was very different for Melville, based on what I have seen. It was fantastic; the cinematography with its bleached color, really gave a feeling of grey, drab, futility to Occupied and Vichy France.
The performances were superb. But it felt during some scenes for me, where suspense and drama were supposed/expected to be generated, that they were more matter of fact. Different from other Melville films I have seen. I need to think about this one more, maybe see it again.