Postman
Pat Jules bootlegs an operatic recital by Cynthia Hawkins. In the way that things happen in moody French action movies, a prostitute hides an incriminating audio cassette in his bag moments before she is shot dead. Oh, the mayhem that ensues: crooked detectives, the mob, a super-cool rescuer and his super-cool girlfriend, blackmail, a car chases a mobylette through the Metro - Phew!
One of my favourite films ever. Worth it for Wilhemenia Wiggins Fernandez (Cynthia Hawkins) singing the aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from the opera La Wally (I looked that up - not a great opera buff). Alternatively you could just watch
this YouTube extract. Fabulously filmed, looks great on a big screen which is what would be expected from a film that kicked off what was called
Cinema du look.
DVD and Blu Ray releases dire quality, but just discovered that there's a Criterion release. I wonder if Jim has a copy I could borrow.