No, tell me why the French know how to make films, but the Americans don't? Why in American films from the very beginning, literally from the very first shots, it almost always becomes clear - who is bad and who is good?
Why in this Melville film criminals help each other, obeying the laws of honor, and it would seem that a good commissioner resorts to clearly illegal methods in order to put pressure on people?
How can you make a film that you watch with bated breath? Seemingly elementary tricks: the security guard wondered if he could check the toilet through which just at this moment the robbers are trying to get into the store? And the heart skips a beat, then another. No, I didn't check it, and the heart returns to its normal work. And in this state the whole film goes on.
Why, until the very end of the film, it remains unclear who will emerge victorious from this battle?
And, finally, why, until the very end of the film, I personally could not decide on whose side I am and who do I sympathize with?