Tirez sur le pianiste : Shoot the piano player /
Charlie is a timid café pianist who has given up his former life as a concert pianist, a career which had destroyed his marriage. However, events which he seems powerless to control force his involvement with a gang of crooks who once again cause him to be responsible for the destruction of his life...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French with optional new and improved subtitles in English. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2005]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
315. |
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| Summary: | Charlie is a timid café pianist who has given up his former life as a concert pianist, a career which had destroyed his marriage. However, events which he seems powerless to control force his involvement with a gang of crooks who once again cause him to be responsible for the destruction of his life. |
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| Item Description: | "Special edition double-disc set"--Container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1960. From the novel: Down there / by David Goodis. First released in France. Aspect ratio 2.35:1; enhanced for widescreen TVs. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Raoul Coutard. Accompanying booklet features film critic Kent Jones, an interview with Truffaut, and the director on Aznavour and Dubois. Special features: disc 1. Audio commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf ; Theatrical trailer -- disc 2. Exclusive new video interviews with actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois and director of photography Raoul Coutard ; Rare interview with François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman ; Two documentary excerpts featuring Truffaut on the film and the source novel ; The music of George Delerue, an illustrated audioessay ; Dubois' screen test. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital, mono. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Image de Raoul Coutard ; montage, Claudine Bouché et Cécile Decugis ; musique original de Georges Delerue. |
| ISBN: | 078003063X |