A pretty cool take on the film noir genre. Nothing very special, but enjoyable enough. Here's an extra sentence to make this review a bit longer.

#219

A funny and entertaining piece of French new wave from the celebrated auteur Francois Truffaut. It felt a bit similar to 400 Blows. As I said, funny and entertaining, and not too long either.

# 262

Aznavour... and your sad eyes. We have choices in our lives, but...

highly entartaining, but not as artistically fulfilling as "the 400 blows" or "the last metro"...

Those gangsters ruin the film in every scene. Lena is gorgeous but in an 80 minute film you can't spend 20 minutes of screen time on two characters who are as fleshed out as the average rock.

245

(2nd viewing) The first time I saw this I really didn't like it but I was so wrong. This is one of the funnest, most playful movies ever made and the cinematography is beautiful. Doesn't even feel like Paris.

241

Without a doubt, my absolute favourite movie to come out of the nouvelle vague. A playful, rollicking (sort of)ganster film packed with digressions, shifts in tone and spur-of-the-moment experimentation. A melancholy, unabashedly romantic and weirdly fun tour of the obsessions of a master filmmaker.

20 kasim 10 & truffaut bence mukemmel bir hikaye anlatici. turleri karistirarak, zamandan zamana atlayarak yaptigi bu film gercekten eglendirici. bunun da otesinde sinemaya duyulan saf askin ortaya cikisi gibi, kiymetli. bi 400blow degil ama tamamen farkli bir sey- bir kurgu, yonetmenlik harikasi. c.aznavour'un oyunculugu da oldukca iyi.

f. great

Though it's certainly well-made, Shoot the Piano Player doesn't have that same sense of style and eloquence that Truffaut is typically known for. It borrows a lot from past genres, such as Noir and the old romance movies of the 40's, but it doesn't mimic them in a way that seems trite; it pays dues respectfully. This is a worthwhile endeavor for all fans of French cinema, but it's obvious that it could have been done better given the talent behind the project.

I think I need to watch this again for a better review and more accurate score.

Vastly inferior to the novel it is based on ("Down There" by David Goodis). I disliked most of the changes made to the original story (i.e. the reflexions about women are really heavy-handed), thought the film failed to capture the peculiar spirit of the novel. Just my two cents.

It doesn't entirely cohere, but it's still an ambitious and smart movie.

The usual Truffaut stuff with a noirish background. Not exactly my cup of tea, but there's enough enjoyment I can get out of this when Truffaut isn't try to fool us into thinking he's a poet.

Great story, and I really like all the little things Truffaut put in this movie.