Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

  • Director: François Truffaut
  • Writer: David Goodis,François Truffaut,Marcel Moussy
  • Countries of origin: France
  • Language: French, English
  • Release date: July 23, 1962
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Schießen Sie auf den Pianisten
  • A pianist who has gone incognito to cut off memories of an unhappy marriage—Edward, under a pseudonym—Charlie lives a monotonous and simple life as a backing pianist in an obscure bistro in Paris. One day, his younger brother, whom he hadn't seen for many years, broke into his life to avoid being chased by underworld enemies.

    Details

    • Release date July 23, 1962
    • Filming locations Garage du Dauphiné, 53 route de Lyon, Grenoble, Isère, France
    • Production companies Les Films de la Pléiade

    Box office

    Budget

    FRF 890,063 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $21,124

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $11,206

    Gross worldwide

    $21,124

    Movie reviews

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    • By Una 2022-04-19 09:03:11

      Running water, can't write a short review

      17' The male protagonist and the female protagonist are walking side by side. The narration is a large segment of the male protagonist's inner monologue. The camera slowly approaches the male protagonist until the female protagonist appears, and the male protagonist has been hesitant to invite the female protagonist for a drink. After repeated deliberation, I finally made a decision, but did not say what I thought in advance. At this time, the camera zoomed out, and I looked around, and...

    • By Dayne 2022-03-25 09:01:23

      gun pianist

      Charlie, an anonymous pianist (the protagonist's name is a tribute to Chaplin), is passively involved in his brother's complicated entanglement with the gangster. The beginning of the film is very thrilling and suspenseful, but it quickly turns into a chat between two strangers about women, which is full of subversion. The second feature film "Shooting the Pianist" by the famous French New Wave director Truffaut, which combines suspense and love to track and explore, is not only a tribute to...

    • By Elsa 2022-03-22 09:02:58

      Pessimism·Circularism

      This kind of very academic film, generally speaking, I would not take the initiative to touch it. I didn't dare to write a comment after reading it, even my thoughts. I am afraid that I will think too much, and I am even more afraid that I will be scolded for writing it down after thinking too much.
      I read it half-asleep on such an uncommonly cold, damp gray winter afternoon.
      After reading it, I lay in the warm bed for a while, then got up and turned on the computer.
      I can't help...

    • By Clay 2022-03-21 09:03:26

      Shooting Pianist

      Although I see that "Four Hundred Strikes" is my favorite now, "Shooting the Pianist" is also moving.
      I don't know if it's because I am a person who often deviates from the theme, so the most fascinating place to watch is in the farm, where the pianist and the two young and dangerous brothers reminisce about the past. He was taken off the farm as a gifted musical child, but eventually he came back as a murderer, whether in self-defense or something.
      As if everything was doomed to...

    • By Fanny 2022-03-21 09:03:26

      his weird smile

      Truffaut's, after reading it, I went to read the film review, and my classmates expressed a bunch of professional opinions, what each person is a story, what kind of nested narrative techniques, piles of piles.
        
       I'm out of ideas. I am only interested in pianists.
        
       Speaking of, this is a weird guy, he loves to play the piano, the woman loves to play the piano, he falls in love with a woman because a woman loves him, and then a woman dies for him, the first time as a...

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    • By Camron 2023-09-01 20:47:10

      It's so interesting, it really is Truffaut who was influenced by Xifa. But polysemy texts always end up making people wonder where to start. So rich. anyway Truffaut's lines really Nima bunker. Makes me crazy about...

    • By Beulah 2023-05-13 21:53:50

      The heroine in the film is blond, plump, and optimistic. She turns her head and smiles, her blond hair fluttering, stirring the hearts of the audience. Truffaut is very good at photographing women. Such a loving woman slides down in the snow, your heart will be broken, another film that you will never tire of...

    • By Carmel 2023-04-15 04:42:18

      I haven't seen the works of other masters... Just relying on the times, you can be full of...

    • By Paris 2023-03-27 02:17:24

      You are shy and you respect...

    • By Chaim 2022-12-12 23:15:16

      Simple and smooth. huge...

    Background creation

    Truffaut deliberately imitated his favorite Hollywood B-grade gangster films, adding French-style romance to American-style melodramas, sometimes with a brilliant touch. 's second work.
    "Shooting the Pianist" is Truffaut's second work after "The Four Hundred Blows". In contrast to the grief-stricken atmosphere of "The Four Hundred Blows", Truffaut played with the genre traditions of Hollywood films in this film, adding irony and parody,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Clarisse: I'd rather have pretty underwear than those exciting skirts some of the girls wear.

    • Clarisse: The girls always ask me where I buy my things. Aren't they cute? I pay four hundred francs apiece. Dirt cheap!

      Charlie Kohler: I'm not an authority on girls' panties.

    • Clarisse: I did go to the movies this afternoon. I saw "Torpedoes in Alaska".

      Charlie Kohler: How was it?

      Clarisse: It's a picture with John Wayne, to show that the Americans want peace.

      Charlie Kohler: No kidding? Then they're just like me, the Yankees.

      Clarisse: You're always making fun of me.

      Charlie Kohler: No, I'm not making fun of you, my little chickadee.