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Information
- A.k.a.
- Shoot the Piano Player
- Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 81 min.
- Director
- François Truffaut
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rating *
- 7.6
- Votes *
- 12,803
- Checks
- 3,730
- Favs
- 316
- Dislikes
- 21
- Favs/checks
- 8.5% (1:12)
- Favs/dislikes
- 15:1
Top comments
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VChile
Lena's line about birthday kisses might be the most romantic thing I've ever heard. Or maybe I just wish someone would say it to me. 6 years 10 months ago -
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Siskoid
There's a lot of experimentation in Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player, not least of which is a certain denial of genre, throwing noir, melodrama, romance, and strange comedy beats all into the same pot, but never really accepting the tropes that come with them. And that's quite beyond the elements of style, like the porthole mattes, cutaways to punchlines, and such. In the final analysis, the most subversive thing about the film is its dismantling of the movie alpha male. Aznavour's character may get in bed with at least three French beauties, but they have to make the first move. He's shy, is said to "respect women", and when he finds success, he's wracked by insecurity. His weakness - whether taken as a negative or a positive (because in crime pictures, which this makes a claim to be, caring about others is weakness, being glib is strength) - is what drives the tragedies. So shy, yes, but also in self-imposed isolation, believing he deserves neither love nor success. Which is all quite anathema to the macho hero of movies of the era (and for a long time yet). 8 months ago
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