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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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud
1958 — a.k.a. Elevator to the Gallows, in 10 top lists Check -
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L'assassin habite... au 21
1942 — a.k.a. The Murderer Lives at Number 21, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tirez sur le pianiste
1960 — a.k.a. Shoot the Piano Player, in 10 top lists Check -
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Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...
1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check -
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Vertigo
1958, in 42 top lists Check -
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Stage Fright
1950, in 1 top list Check -
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The Lady Vanishes
1938, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dial M for Murder
1954, in 9 top lists Check -
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Sea Wife
1957, in 0 top lists Check -
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Les fanatiques
1957 — a.k.a. A Bomb for a Dictator, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rope
1948, in 10 top lists Check -
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Frenzy
1972, in 7 top lists Check -
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Le garçon sauvage
1951 — a.k.a. Savage Triangle, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956, in 0 top lists Check -
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An Unseen Enemy
1912, in 0 top lists Check -
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Rear Window
1954, in 31 top lists Check -
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Journey Into Fear
1943, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Leopard Man
1943, in 3 top lists Check -
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Touch of Evil
1958, in 30 top lists Check -
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Marnie
1964, in 8 top lists Check -
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Strangers on a Train
1951, in 17 top lists Check -
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Psycho
1960, in 39 top lists Check -
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Razzia sur la chnouf
1955 — a.k.a. Razzia, in 1 top list Check -
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Repulsion
1965, in 17 top lists Check -
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Le salaire de la peur
1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check -
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943, in 15 top lists Check -
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Suspicion
1941, in 4 top lists Check -
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Tendre poulet
1978 — a.k.a. Dear Inspector, in 0 top lists Check -
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I Confess
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
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The 39 Steps
1935, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Window
1949, in 2 top lists Check
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