不同于奥菲尔斯繁复精致的调度，贝克对《蒙巴尔纳斯19号》的处理直接而简练。影片标题的声明表明，不应将本片看作莫迪里阿尼的传记片，它背后的情节剧结构才更为重要。死亡和毁灭的阴影从一开始就牢牢攥住了整部电影，来到画风趋向表现主义的尾声时，死神化身为画商，在画家的死尸上大肆饕餮。艺术家题材的作品永远展现的是他与世界之间的矛盾。这位画商显然是画家所处时代的缩影。

这是一曲艺术家的现实悲歌，但它更描绘了对美与艺术坚守的精神，雅克.贝克精细的拍摄也完全对得起电影这一艺术本身。结局一段拍得太毛骨悚然又令人心痛了。热拉尔.菲利普演得太棒了。

莫迪里阿尼回顾展上的随映影片。难得一见的法国片，踏踏实实来叙述，踏踏实实描摹人物，细节处理尤其见好。

老子说，五色令人目盲，五音令人耳聋，五味令人口爽，驰骋田猎令人心发狂。意思是真正的美不在声色、富贵等外在的东西，而只能是自然本身。见素抱朴，少私寡欲。莫迪格利阿尼的裸体画也是如此，“有”与“无”，全在内心，没有画外的寓意，只关注人体本身。

　　The last year of life of the Italian-French painter Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) who died with 36 years was played by Gérard Philipe who was lethally sick during the shooting of this movie and died shortly after its release 1959 with 36 years - on one of the two diseases that Modigliano had himself and exactly in his age. Further this movie was directed by Jacques Becker ...