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Directed by: François Truffaut
François Truffaut plays the crime genre like jazz with this freewheeling adaptation of a novel by pulp master David Goodis, a film that infuses noir fatalism with a nervy nouvelle-vague freshness. The tragicomic story follows the adventures of timid dance-hall pianist Charlie (Charles Aznavour), who gets caught up in a whirlwind love affair and is inadvertently drawn into a violent underworld by his gangster brothers. With the film’s dazzling mix of Raoul Coutard’s handheld camera work, a wistful score by Georges Delerue, and playfully jagged editing, Truffaut creates a rueful character study shot through with his signature obsessions: cinema, the elusive nature of creativity, and the sting of romantic regret.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
4K UHD
Blu-ray
Discs:
UHD-66 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Audio Options:
French PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
2160p/24
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
HDR:
None
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Documentary Excerpt, Video Essay, Screen Tests, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet, Introduction
- Audio commentary featuring film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf
- Introduction by filmmaker Noah Baumbach
- Interviews with cinematographer Raoul Coutard, actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois
- Rare interview with François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman
- Archival interviews with François Truffaut on the film and the source novel
- The Music of George Delerue, an illustrated audioessay
- Episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art featuring scholar Jeff Smith
- Marie Dubois’ screen test
- Trailer
- An essay by film critic Kent Jones, an interview with François Truffaut, and reflections by the director on Aznavour and Dubois
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