Shoot the Piano Player: Francois Truffaut, Director

by PETER (EDITOR). TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS (DIRECTOR); BRUNETTE

Book Overview

When it appeared in 1960, the inspired fun of Fran ois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player shocked and delighted critics and audiences around the world. Its sudden shifts of tone and mood, its willful play with genre stereotypes, and its hilarious in-jokes clearly signaled that Jean-Luc Godard's equally innovative Breathless was not a fluke. The two films heralded the arrival of the so-called New Wave, sharing with other New Wave films...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081351942X
• ISBN13: 9780813519425
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"