Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

Directed by: Francois Truffaut

Friday, February 5 - Sunday, February 7, 2010

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François Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playful film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of mild-mannered piano player Charlie (Charles Aznavour, in a triumph of hangdog deadpan) as he stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster film is pure nouvelle vague. – Janus Films

NR, 81 Minutes, French
France, 1960


"The quintessential nouvelle vague film, a blatantly cinephilic combination of vivacious voguing and soulful sentimentality. "
- J. Hoberman, Village Voice


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