Jean Gabin has been a farmer, a cop or a robber (sometimes both at the time), a sailor, a railroader, a doctor, a lawyer, and even an ex-President of France....
And in Gas-Oil, he is a trucker : I haven't seen all his movies, but I think it's the first one we see Gabin as a trucker. And that is the main quality of Gas-Oil, it is a road-movie in Paris and around and in Auvergne : and we can appreciate the narrow roads with much less car flow than today. There were also a lot of Michelin panels, especially in Auvergne because they were manufactured there. We even see a damaged four faced panel in a sequence at the end that was inaugurated by André Michelin the 27th of October, 1927.
Gabin is an ordinary and peaceful trucker threatened by robbers. And that was a mistake, robbers with guns in a car have no power face to truckers who own the road in their powerful trucks. Gabin and his trucker friends look strongly determined to trap those dirty robbers who attack their freedom, their solidarity is really touching. Just enjoy Gabin in a Willème LD 610 truck (and his shark nose), climbing slowly up and down wearing an overall (maybe for the first time in his career).
In his next movie, "Des Gens Sans Importance", Gabin is again a trucker in overall, but this time, it is a much more stronger and unforgettable story. We shall see again Gabin in overall as a proletarian in "Rue des Prairies", but in pure Audiard touch.
Gas-Oil is the first movie played by Jean Gabin with dialogues by Michel Audiard : imagine their meeting.
And it was shot in the most productive period of Jean Gabin.
And in Gas-Oil, he is a trucker : I haven't seen all his movies, but I think it's the first one we see Gabin as a trucker. And that is the main quality of Gas-Oil, it is a road-movie in Paris and around and in Auvergne : and we can appreciate the narrow roads with much less car flow than today. There were also a lot of Michelin panels, especially in Auvergne because they were manufactured there. We even see a damaged four faced panel in a sequence at the end that was inaugurated by André Michelin the 27th of October, 1927.
Gabin is an ordinary and peaceful trucker threatened by robbers. And that was a mistake, robbers with guns in a car have no power face to truckers who own the road in their powerful trucks. Gabin and his trucker friends look strongly determined to trap those dirty robbers who attack their freedom, their solidarity is really touching. Just enjoy Gabin in a Willème LD 610 truck (and his shark nose), climbing slowly up and down wearing an overall (maybe for the first time in his career).
In his next movie, "Des Gens Sans Importance", Gabin is again a trucker in overall, but this time, it is a much more stronger and unforgettable story. We shall see again Gabin in overall as a proletarian in "Rue des Prairies", but in pure Audiard touch.
Gas-Oil is the first movie played by Jean Gabin with dialogues by Michel Audiard : imagine their meeting.
And it was shot in the most productive period of Jean Gabin.