Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / September 19, 2026

What Monsieur Klein Understands About Art Dealing Under Occupation

Joseph Losey's 1976 film follows a Paris dealer buying pictures cheap from people about to be deported. Arjun Sajip argues it is sharper on French complicity than its reputation suggests, and traces the script back through Franco Solinas to Marcel Ophuls, whose documentary had forced the same question a few years earlier.

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What Monsieur Klein Understands About Art Dealing Under Occupation
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