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Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player

1962, 85 min

Country:  France

Studio:  Criterion

Cast:  Charles Aznavour, Marie DuBois

Director:  François Truffaut

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REVIEW
Aznavour is a timid pianist in a second-rate Parisian bistro who accidentally becomes entangled with the mob. Truffaut cavalierly mixes comedic element with a film noir tone in what is surely his quirkiest masterpiece.
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DVD Widescreen: $32.99 (Criterion Collection 2-Disc Set)
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Region Code: 1
UPC: 37429212721
Studio: Criterion
Languages: French Dolby Digital Mono (Primary), English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35
Extras: Trailers
Features:
 
  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard
  • Audio commentary: by film scholars Annette Insdorf and Peter Brunette
  • Exclusive new video interviews with actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois
  • Video interview with Coutard, conducted in 2003
  • Rare interview with François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman, from 1986
  • Excerpts from a 1965 episode of the French television program "Cinéastes de notre temps" dedicated to Truffaut
  • "The Music of George Delerue," an illustrated essay
  • Dubois’ screen test for the film
  • New and improved English subtitle translation
  • A new essay by film critic Kent Jones
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