A total auteur perhaps, but together with his usual
screenwriter Jean Gruault. They referred to their
collaboration as four handed piano playing. (Don't shoot the
piano player?). jpj
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --- jean-pierre jacquet <jacquet@...>
wrote:
> >
> > > Truffaut is the most overrated directors
of the past
> > > half-century.
> >
> > Thank you. I will give him The 400 Blows but
not much
> > else.
> >
>
> I love Truffaut's work. It is all one work, really.
I like that in a
> writer or filmmaker. People rarely have more than
one thing to write
> from the gut, even if they write it in pieces, or
while purportedly
> telling other people's stories. Given that I see
Truffaut's work as a
> continuum, I have to judge it great, just like
Allen's or Bergman's
> work. A total auteur.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
>
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