Brute Force Format:Blu Ray assistant director Pierre Rissient

assistant director Pierre Rissient

a strong-willed single mother

a 1959 short by Godard featuring Belmondo

with its famed hall-of-mirrors finale bringing together the physical and intellectual dimensions of his artistry in one dazzling set piece

unique martial-arts philosophy

Brute Force Format:Blu Ray assistant director Pierre RissientAs hard hitting as its title, Brute Force was one of Jules Dassins first forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama with a scathing critique of the punitive American incarceration system at its heart. Burt Lancaster is the timeworn Joe Collins, who, along with his fellow inmates, lives under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power tripping guard Captain Munsey (a riveting Hume Cronyn). Only Collinss dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he