Mária Traser: Alain Delon "Somebody is coming towards us on the screen, in dinner jacket and snow-white silk shirt with a rose in his buttonhole, shooting a cold glance at us, tightening his lips, and his hat is being pulled over his forehead. He is raising his revolver very slowly and aiming at us.....and we would die with pleasure just to show him that he is right, he hit the middle of our heart..." A young German female journalist featured very appropriately those feelings, which are elicited from the viewer by this mythical actor. There is no doubt that Delon, who is beaming with the duality of angel and demon does not mind in which film he plays-it can be a thriller, an adventure film or a drama. His lure is always irresistible, but dangerous. His career as an actor, actually, is owed to his extraordinary physical attraction. He escaped from his miserable childhood at the age of 17 to join the army. Coming home from Indochina he looked for a job in Paris. He used to serve in Art Cafés where he could meet some actors and directors. Together with his unconventional friends, dressed in rented dinner jacket he admired the crowds of the Cannes Film Festival and just as in American dreams, he was offered a film contract. He was persuaded out of David Selznick's , the great American producer and scriptwriter, exclusive 7-year -lasting contract by Yves Allérget and Simone Signoret. They convinced Delon that the first experiences must not be gained in an absolute strange environment with language difficulties. | |
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