Shoot the Piano Player [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

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Overview

Charlie (Charles Aznavour) is a former concert pianist playing in a small nightclub. He has left his unfaithful wife and the concert life behind over her affair with his conniving manager. The waitress at the club loves him and knows more about his past than Charlie realizes. Trouble begins when his brother arrives with two gangsters seeking retribution after being double crossed by Charlie. Film is directed by Francois Truffaut.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/06/2005
UPC:	0037429212721
Original Release:	1960
Source:	CRITERION
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:21:00
Sales rank:	25,176

Special Features

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard; Audio commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf; Theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; Exclusive new video interviews with actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois and director of photography Raoul Coutard; Rare interview with Fran?ois Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman; Two documentary excerpts featuring Truffaut on the film and the source novel; The Music of Georges Delerue, an illustrated audio essay; Dubois' screen test; Plus: a 28-page booklet featuring film critic Kent Jones, an interview with Truffaut, and the director on Aznavour and Dubois

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Charles Aznavour	Charlie Kohler
Nicole Berger	Theresa
Jacques Aslanian	Richard Saroyan,Richard Saroyan
Richard Kanayan	Fido Saroyan
Claude Mansard	Momo
Daniel Boulanger	Ernest
Serge Davri	Plyne
Claude Heymann	Lars Schmeel
Alex Joffe	Passerby
Boby Lapointe	Singer
Catherine Lutz	Mammy
Marie Dubois	Lena
Albert R?my	Chico Saroyan
Alex Joff?	Actor
Laure Paillette	La m?re
Alice Sapritch	Concierge
Michele Mercier	Clarisse
Georges Delerue	Composer

Technical Credits

Pierre Braunberger	Producer
David Goodis	Screenwriter
Marcel Moussy	Screenwriter
Jacques Gallois	Sound Effects
Jean Philippe	Sound Effects
Fran?ois Truffaut	Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Shoot the Piano Player: The Film
1. Credits [1:43]
2. A Chance Encounter [3:11]
3. Brothers Reunited [5:20]
4. "Framboise!" [2:43]
5. "I'm Scared"/Walking Home [4:38]
6. Clarisse [4:04]
7. Ernest and Momo [8:22]
8. Edouard and Thérésa [3:46]
9. Lars Schmeel [2:34]
10. Argument [2:15]
11. Shyness [2:52]
12. A Tragic Confession [4:29]
13. Edouard's Story [3:32]
14. A Team [2:47]
15. Kidnapped [2:06]
16. "Someone Must Win" [6:43]
17. Fido and the Gangsters [2:23]
18. Farewell [5:40]
19. Back Home [5:34]
20. Good News [2:50]
21. Gunfight [2:49]
22. Charlie and the Piano Player [1:13]
1. Gentle Self-Consciousness [1:43]
2. Postmodern Before the Word [3:11]
3. "A Respectful Pastiche"/Doubling [5:20]
4. Boby Lapointe [2:43]
5. Fragmentation/Voice-Over [4:38]
6. American Influence/Shyness [4:04]
7. Frustrated Males/Mixture of Tones [8:22]
8. Delerue/Heymann/Berger [3:46]
9. Woman With a Violin [2:34]
10. Mirrors [2:15]
11. Identity/Father Figures [2:52]
12. Backlash/The Real Self [4:29]
13. Motion and Emotion [3:32]
14. A Man Who Loved Women [2:47]
15. Two Views of Love [2:06]
16. Detachment/Auteurism [6:43]
17. The Tradition of Quality [2:23]
18. Unpredictability [5:40]
19. Circular Structure/Plot [5:34]
20. A Lean Film That Takes Its Time [2:50]
21. Influence [2:49]
22. Life's Possibilities Exhausted [1:13]

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Editorial Reviews

Shoot the Piano Player may be fluffier than the two better-known François Truffaut masterpieces that surrounded it (The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962)), but it probably captures the essence of the French New Wave -- particularly its obsession with American B-movies -- as well as any film from the movement. The fastest and funniest of the New Wave classics, it veers wildly in tone, boldly mixing elements of several American genres -- including film noir (it's based on prominent pulp author David Goodis' pseudonymous novel Down There), slapstick comedy, and the musical -- with Truffaut's distinctive melancholy realism. Appropriately, Truffaut's style matches his scrambled content; this is probably his most experimental film, making expressive use of a variety of cinematic devices (hand-held shots, jump cuts, split screens, location shooting), giving the film an exhilaratingly loose feel. What little storyline exists is dominated by eccentric digressions and false leads; in fact, a major part of the film's charm is that it sometimes feels as if Truffaut is making up the story as he goes along. It might not have held together had legendary singer/songwriter Charles Aznavour not turned in a brilliantly subtle lead performance as the lovable pianist Charlie. Aznavour keeps the film grounded, enabling Truffaut to pull off a quietly shattering ending.

Shoot the Piano Player [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

Shoot the Piano Player [2 Discs] [Criterion Collection]

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