Brute Force

“Brute Force was, I think, Lancaster's first film by Jules Dassin. This was one of Dassin's first crime films... This was made in 1947, Brute Force, and I remember it as being a stunningly powerful film. I never thought I'd see this again. I'm going to take this one, thank you.”

“Brute Force. I love Jules Dassin. What I love about his films—Rififi being a perfect example—is using this almost Hollywood-style filmmaking but then interjecting this European, almost pre-New Wave kind of element into his films. This is an early example of that, and one I don't have, so I'm going to take it.”