Truffaut's

When I read this, I thought about Truffaut's 400 Blows.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011

There is a great deal of freshness and charm in 400 Blows; there is also a great deal of visual poetry in the way in which Truffaut's camera looks at his beloved city.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011

There is a great deal of freshness and charm in 400 Blows; there is also a great deal of visual poetry in the way in which Truffaut's camera looks at his beloved city.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011

There is a great deal of freshness and charm in 400 Blows; there is also a great deal of visual poetry in the way in which Truffaut's camera looks at his beloved city.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011

When I read this, I thought about Truffaut's 400 Blows.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011

His ideas for Napoleon included David Hemmings (the randy photographer in Antonioni's 1966 hit "Blow-Up"); Jack Nicholson, who would serve him so brilliantly in Stephen King's "The Shining"; and Truffaut's star in "Jules et Jim," Oskar Werner (the only one actually contacted).

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His contemporary Jean-Luc Godard may have stolen the intellectual limelight, as Pablo Picasso did from Henri Matisse, but as the years pass Mr. Truffaut's unashamed passion and exuberant skill confirm him as the most lovable of all French New Wave directors.

For the Love of a Fickle Woman Peter Cowie 2012

Marie Dubois, one of the leads in Mr. Truffaut's "Shoot the Piano Player" the previous year, has an amusing cameo as Thérèse, the good-time girl who bewitches Jim for a spell.

For the Love of a Fickle Woman Peter Cowie 2012

'The 400 Blows' 1959 Just in case you've forgotten, François Truffaut's debut feature is one of the seminal coming-of-age stories of world cinema.

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When I read this, I thought about Truffaut's 400 Blows.

Amitava Kumar: First You Must Say Hello Amitava Kumar 2011