In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge ...
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Title: Detective (1985)
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| Laurent Terzieff | ... | William Prospero | |
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Aurelle Doazan | ... | Arielle |
| Jean-Pierre Léaud | ... | Inspector Neveu | |
| Nathalie Baye | ... | Françoise Chenal | |
| Claude Brasseur | ... | Emile Chenal | |
| Johnny Hallyday | ... | Jim Fox Warner | |
| Alain Cuny | ... | Old Mafioso | |
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Xavier Saint-Macary | ... | Accountant |
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Pierre Bertin | ... | Young Son |
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Alexandra Garijo | ... | Young Daughter |
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Stéphane Ferrara | ... | Tiger Jones |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | ... | Princess of the Bahamas | |
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Eugène Berthier | ... | Old manager |
| Julie Delpy | ... | Wise young girl | |
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Cyrille Dajinckourt | ... | La fille |
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In a palace of Paris. Two detectives are investigating a two-year-old murder. Emile and Francoise Chenal are putting pressure on Jim Fox Warner, a boxing manager, who owes them a huge amount of money. But Jim also owes money to the Mafia, and it seems the boxing match he is counting on to bail out will not be sufficient... Written by Yepok
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Françoise Chenal: Isn't he Tiger Jones?
Jim Fox Warner: Yeah, but a champion always fights himself.
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Music by Franz Schubert
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Jean-Luc Godard dedicated the film to John Cassavetes, Edgar G. Ulmer and Clint Eastwood. See more »Quotes
Tiger Jones: Tiger Jones - - I'll knock him out!Françoise Chenal: Isn't he Tiger Jones?
Jim Fox Warner: Yeah, but a champion always fights himself.
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Symphony in b minor, No.8, D.759, 'Unfinished', 1st movement : Allegro moderatoMusic by Franz Schubert
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23 August 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Detective See more »Filming Locations:
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The films in Godard's late (and not yet over) period present some of the greatest challenges to cineasts. Detective is no exception. It is extraordinarily complex in narrative (or, more precisely, anti-narrative), visual composition, and editing structure. Unfortunately, I don't think it's worth it. It's kind of a parody of a detective film (the one in this film is a hotel dick), but it's nearly impossible to figure out what's going on. It can be quite beautiful in its visuals and editing patterns, but never beautiful enough to make it worth seeing. It's not terrible, but, then again, it's not good, either. 6/10
P.S. First off, yes, the little girl IS Julie Delpy, in case you were wondering.
P.P.S. Remember when Martin Scorsese made his version of Cape Fear for MGM because they allowed him to make the highly personal The Last Temptation of Jesus Christ? Well, he may have gotten that idea from Godard. Detective was made as a straight commercial offering to the studio that produced his highly controversial Hail Mary. It's strange to think of Detective as a commercial venture, though!