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Widescreen Composition in SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
Widescreen Composition in SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
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Professor Jeff Smith explores how François Truffaut harnesses the 2.35:1 aspect ratio in his wildly playful gangster-movie pastiche, a giddy high point in the French New Wave’s assault on cinematic convention.
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Shoot the Piano Player
Directed by François Truffaut • 1960 • France
Starring Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole BergerFrançois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playful film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER relates the adventures of mild-mannered ...