DVD
Shoot the piano player = Tirez sur le pianiste
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
Special ed.
Languages
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (81 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Mild-mannered piano player Charlie stumbles into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind love affair.
Notes
Title from container.
From the novel Down there by David Goodis.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1960.
Special features: audio commentary by film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf ; theatrical trailer ; 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 Georges Delerue, an illustrated audio essay ; Dubois' screen test.
Contents
- Disc 1. The film
- Disc 2. The supplements.