The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 29, 2016

For a film with quite a bit of grounded violence, Atlantic City is pretty genial. Director Malle shoots in close medium shots; there’s not a lot of grandeur to his shots. Atlantic City has grandeur, as a setting, but Malle doesn’t go out of his way to stylize it. Cinematographer...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on February 29, 2016

For a film with quite a bit of grounded violence, Atlantic City is pretty genial. Director Malle shoots in close medium shots; there’s not a lot of grandeur to his shots. Atlantic City has grandeur, as a setting, but Malle doesn’t go out of his way to stylize it. Cinematographer...   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on November 23, 2012

Atlantic City (Louis Malle, 1980) Lou is a small time gangster, who thinks he used to be something big. He meets up with a younger girl, Sally, who is learning to be a croupier. Her husband turns up with drugs he has stolen from the Mafia. Louis Malle once said...   read more