François Truffaut's Le Plaisir des Yeux
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"This book is a collection of essays, some insightful, some brief "fillers." Together it would be hard to rate the grouping as 5-stars, save for a sentimental attachment to Truffaut's work.
The book is not just the reflections of the director upon his own work. Nor is it only French cinema. One essay is entitled "The Renaissance of American cinema," and in other essays he looks at the work of Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Orson Wells, and Charlie Chaplin. Naturally he also looks at the famous French directors, from Jean Cocteau, Jean Renoir and the one man who was so responsible for saving the earlier French works, Henri Langlois. A major section of the book is devoted to essays that relate to the impact of literature on the cinema."
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12 Angry Men
1957, in 30 top lists Check -
310 new
The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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8½
1963, in 35 top lists Check -
77 new
Adam's Rib
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
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Adieu Léonard
1943, in 0 top lists Check -
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Adieu Philippine
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
1954 — a.k.a. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les amants de Bras-Mort
1951 — a.k.a. The Lovers of Bras-Mort, in 0 top lists Check -
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Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Les anges du péché
1943 — a.k.a. Angels of Sin, in 2 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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The April Fools
1969, in 0 top lists Check -
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
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Au hasard Balthazar
1966 — a.k.a. Au Hasard Balthazar, in 18 top lists Check -
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Les aventures de Till L'Espiègle
1956 — a.k.a. Bold Adventure, in 0 top lists Check -
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Baisers volés
1968 — a.k.a. Stolen Kisses, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Barefoot Contessa
1954, in 8 top lists Check -
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Les bas-fonds
1936 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 1 top list Check -
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Le bel âge
1960 — a.k.a. Love Is When You Make It, in 0 top lists Check -
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Belle de jour
1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check -
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Benjamin ou Les mémoires d'un puceau
1968 — a.k.a. The Diary of an Innocent Boy, in 0 top lists Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Big Knife
1955, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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Billy Liar
1963, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Birds
1963, in 18 top lists Check -
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The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
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Bitter Victory
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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Black Angel
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
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Der blaue Engel
1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
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Bobosse
1959, in 0 top lists Check -
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La boîte aux rêves
1945 — a.k.a. Box of Dreams, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le bon Dieu sans confession
1953, in 0 top lists Check -
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Bonjour tristesse
1958, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bora Bora
1968, in 0 top lists Check -
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Le bossu
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
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Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Brief Encounter
1945, in 22 top lists Check -
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Broken Arrow
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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Broken Lance
1954, in 0 top lists Check -
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California Suite
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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Campanadas a medianoche
1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check -
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Le caporal épinglé
1962 — a.k.a. The Elusive Corporal, in 1 top list Check -
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Un caprice de Caroline chérie
1953 — a.k.a. Caroline Cherie, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les caprices de Marie
1970 — a.k.a. Give Her the Moon, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un carnet de bal
1937 — a.k.a. Christine, in 4 top lists Check -
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Le carrosse d'or
1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check -
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Casino de Paris
1957, in 0 top lists Check
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