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Dayne 2022-03-25 09:01:23
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 American B-level films, but also a tribute to Hitchcock. do. But "Shooting the Pianist" refuses to be a gangster film or a romance film. Truffaut's focus is not here. He made a film that looks like a genre film into a fresh and refined anti-genre film, leading the viewer to break away from the original Some visual expectations are constantly integrated into literary inner monologues, mixing and matching Hollywood comedy, melodrama, psychodrama, thriller, romantic drama and other modes, and completes a complete film in the form of sadness and joy and unrestrained imagination. Movie experience, but not necessarily related to the real world. Charlie and the beautiful waitress Lina (a rare beauty), but a spring dream, in the end, Charlie returned to the incognito tavern, which was originally dust, returned to dust. For the portrayal of people on the margins of society, "Shooting the Pianist" seems to be easy to handle, and the sense of loneliness and alienation is clearly palpable.
Extended Reading
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Aryanna 2022-03-26 09:01:14
There is a scene in the play: a drummer laughs inexplicably, and then Truffaut arranges a narration: "There is a drummer laughing inexplicably." At that time, the movie was also selling chicken soup "How to Conquer Shyness", and after drinking that bowl of soup, you could directly Knock on the door. You see ordinary young people say, "Paris, I love you!" Truffaut's affectionate confession said, "There is no city in the world as virgin as Paris!
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Angel 2022-04-21 09:03:45
The film is based on a novel by American author David Goodis. In this film, Truffaut pays tribute to the idol Hitchcock and adds French romance to American melodramas. There are many brilliant strokes. The whole film is known for creating a suspenseful atmosphere, and the characterization is also quite skillful. Rufus's second directorial work.
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Richard Saroyan: If the loons could fly, he'd be a squadron leader!
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Mammy: [Closing lines] Charlie, meet the new barmaid. Charlie! The piano player!