François Truffaut's Le Plaisir des Yeux
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"This book is a collection of essays, some insightful, some brief "fillers." Together it would be hard to rate the grouping as 5-stars, save for a sentimental attachment to Truffaut's work.
The book is not just the reflections of the director upon his own work. Nor is it only French cinema. One essay is entitled "The Renaissance of American cinema," and in other essays he looks at the work of Steven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen, Orson Wells, and Charlie Chaplin. Naturally he also looks at the famous French directors, from Jean Cocteau, Jean Renoir and the one man who was so responsible for saving the earlier French works, Henri Langlois. A major section of the book is devoted to essays that relate to the impact of literature on the cinema."
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The Southerner
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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Les bas-fonds
1936 — a.k.a. The Lower Depths, in 1 top list Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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Boudu sauvé des eaux
1932 — a.k.a. Boudu Saved from Drowning, in 9 top lists Check -
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La chienne
1931 — a.k.a. La Chienne, in 10 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le caporal épinglé
1962 — a.k.a. The Elusive Corporal, in 1 top list Check -
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Le carrosse d'or
1952 — a.k.a. The Golden Coach, in 7 top lists Check -
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Le crime de Monsieur Lange
1936 — a.k.a. The Crime of Monsieur Lange, in 7 top lists Check -
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Partie de campagne
1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check -
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Elena et les hommes
1956 — a.k.a. Elena and Her Men, in 4 top lists Check -
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Swamp Water
1941, in 1 top list Check -
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La fille de l'eau
1925 — a.k.a. Whirlpool of Fate, in 1 top list Check -
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La grande illusion
1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check -
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La Marseillaise
1938, in 3 top lists Check -
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Nana
1926, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le petit théâtre de Jean Renoir
1970 — a.k.a. The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir, in 2 top lists Check -
255 new
La petite marchande d'allumettes
1928 — a.k.a. The Little Match Girl, in 2 top lists Check -
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La règle du jeu
1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check -
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The River
1951, in 9 top lists Check -
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Tire au flanc
1928 — a.k.a. The Sad Sack, in 0 top lists Check -
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Toni
1935, in 8 top lists Check
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