style." Contemporary American indifference to Melville’s work was typified by a 1964 review in The New York Times, which called the film tiresome, excessively talkative, and cluttered with confusing references to irrelevant events. The reviewer considered the movie pseudointellectual and superficial, saying: On Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time, Le Doulos was ranked number 472. Legacy As a tribute to the tradition of the French policier film, and to Melville specifically, Olivier Marchal named the police informant "Silien" in his 2004 film 36 Quai des Orfèvres. American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino cited the screenplay for Le Doulos as his personal favorite and a large influence on his debut picture Reservoir Dogs. References Sources Nogueira, Rui (ed.). 1971. Melville on Melville''. New York: Viking Press. External links Le Doulos at Le Film Guide Le doulos: Walking Ghosts an essay by Glenn Kenney at the Criterion Collection 1962 films 1960s crime thriller films Films directed by Jean-Pierre Melville French neo-noir films French gangster films Films produced by Carlo Ponti 1960s French-language films 1960s French films