Truffaut doesn't care

Aracely 2022-03-12 08:01:02

"The idea behind Shooting the Pianist was to make a film without a theme, in the form of a detective story, to express all that I think about glory, success, depravity, failure, women, and love."

- True Fei


: This film is rarely reviewed alone, and is always mentioned in the middle of "The Four Hundred Downs" and "Zu and Zhan". Because most audiences do not have the patience to sort out a black-and-white movie without a theme, even the detective story as the main line is frequently used by Truffaut in dialogue or inner monologue to express his views on "glory, success, depravity, failure, women and "Love" is interrupted abruptly, making the whole film as willful and messy as a B-grade film. The audience is a little impatient or distracted, and the film goes to an unimaginable situation on its own.

Life is like a big B-movie. Keep talking, keep thinking, keep doing, you can't predict how to live or predict how to die, just like a shady curtain with irregular white spots, mixing cowardice and ego, toughness and savagery, kindness and debauchery, evil and fun , wrapped in all the thoughts and feelings of good and bad, beauty and ugliness, as well as accidental or inevitable events, regardless of whether you keep moving forward, there are no rules to follow, no reason to speak.

The author of the movie. The director Truffaut showed the skills he wanted to show, expressed the thoughts he wanted to express, and then became a name on the subtitles. He didn't care if we liked it or not.

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  • Tyson 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    7/10. boring. The second half of the plot jumped so much, I thought it was made by Godard. I don’t know if this was to imitate the traditional Hollywood B-level films that could not be completed due to lack of funds. The male protagonist performed very calmly and did not steal the show at all.

  • Dana 2022-03-20 09:03:06

    The plot twists and turns, and the editing is neat. The story is surrounded by playful music, and it's not interesting. In addition to the disrupted timeline, the storytelling and mission setting are also quite dark and humorous. Truffaut's sorrow is usually here, the cruelty of reality lies in the unpredictable, unchangeable and unpredictable human heart. The film's drama is enhanced by a multitude of inner monologues that contradict the behavior.

Shoot the Piano Player quotes

  • Charlie Kohler: Just call me Charlie.

    Charlie Kohler: Okay, if you call me Léna.

    Charlie Kohler: Why Léna?

    Léna: Well, Helén became Heléna, then Léna.

  • Charlie Kohler: [Talking to himself] Come on, come on, get your mind on something else. Think of Art Tatum. Has he got talent? And Erroll Garner? Yes, Erroll Garner *has* talent.