Albert Remy, Alex Joffé, Boby Lapointe
A hapless pianist at a jazz club gets caught up with the mob, when his older brother who owes money to them comes to him for help. Eventually, the piano player and his girlfriend become pawns in middl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 18, 1999
Stats: 317 reviews
My favorite Truffaut hands down.
The camera and storytelling here are so playful, it's easy to see Truffaut's love of the Noir genre. The loose hand held style, rhythmic frequent cutting and the free form jazz soundtrack all bring this down and dirty character piece to life.
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9/10
I fantastic well-rounded piece of entertainment, with suspense, genuine romance, and that never familiar enough, still edgy New Wave style. And much like the now-classic American thrillers Truffaut here pays homage to, the film has a strong moral point of view/social commen...( read more)
Tirez sur le Pianiste is, perhaps, the most joyful and enjoyable Truffaut film talking about the entertainment value. It's obviously a superbly directed and shot film, and has the same typical cool (and somewhat dumb) characters we tend to find in the French New Wave cinema. Very...( read more)
I would have thought that I would have seen this a while back what with it being a François Truffaut film from the height of his career. I think the movie?s title is a big part of why it took so long to catch up, it just made the thing sound annoyingly madcap. It turned out not...( read more)
Sans atteindre d'autres de ses succès, Truffaut fait encore preuve d'un grand sens de la mise en scène.
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 stumbl...( read more)
The back of the box said that "Truffaut is drunk with the possibillties of cinema" in reference to this but in fact it just seems he was slightly buzzed. He should've been wasted.
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