Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 173: Sun Jul 1

Shoot the Piano Player (Truffaut, 1960): Cine Lumiere, 2pm


This film is part of the 'Classics' season at Cine Lumiere. Full details here.

Chicago Reader review:
After The 400 Blows, Francois Truffaut turned to what he described as “a pastiche of the Hollywood B film” for his 1962 second feature. Its ironic shifts of mood, from farce to near tragedy, conceal a deeper tone of despair. Charles Aznavour stars as a timid man, driven from society, who hurts when he tries to be kind and kills when he tries to love. Made with enthusiasm and audacity, it still seems fresh.
Don Druker


Here (and above) is the trailer.

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