Topkapi

Sunday, April 13, 2008

I had queued this a while back, and decided to bump it up to the top after Jules Dassin's recent passing. His Rififi is a stellar crime movie from the 50's with one of the best heists I've seen in a movie. It's really dark and badass, especially for an older flick. Topkapi is a heist film too, but it couldn't be more different... it's a weird, sometimes trippy comic caper with a lot of weird flourishes.

I'll be honest, my interest wavered from time to time. Still, I liked it; there's some entertaining visual flair, and the great Peter Ustinov adds a lot of the film, and the heist itself is pretty sweet. Not as good as it could be, and certainly much worse than Rififi, but still fun enough to make a good distraction.