TV/FILM: A Haunting Miles Davis Film Score

Louis Malle's 1958 film Ascenseur pour l'A(C)chafraud (Elevator to the Gallows) is legendary for a number of reasons. It helped usher in the French New Wave film movement, it made Jeanne Moreau a star, and it has a haunting score by Miles Davis. The film is a crime drama about two lovers, Florence (Moreau) and Julien (Maurice Ronet), who plot to murder her husband and run off together. After killing the husband, Julien becomes trapped in the building's elevator, leaving Florence to wander the st...

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