"La
Nouvelle Vague"
 85 Mins | Wellspring Media | 1960 |
SHOOT
THE PIANO PLAYER After The 400 Blows, François Truffaut turned to an American pulp novel, Down There by David Goodis, and made it his own -- he transposed the story from New York to Paris and retitled the resulting effort Shoot the Piano Player. Much like Godard's pulp adaptation, Band of Oursiders, we get a hybrid of sorts -- too violent to be a light comedy, not a film noir, and yet not menacing and dangerous enough to be a gangster picture, either. Charles Aznavour is the title character, and his sad, affable performance sticks with you. Playdates: FAIRFAX Oct. 18 & 19 {11am} PLAYHOUSE Oct. 25 & 26 {11am} MONICA Nov. 1 & 2{11am} |
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