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 Big Sleep
1946, in 22 top lists Check -
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East of Eden
1955, in 11 top lists Check -
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À bout de souffle
1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check -
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Adieu Philippine
1962, in 5 top lists Check -
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Ali Baba et les 40 voleurs
1954 — a.k.a. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, in 0 top lists Check -
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Amarcord
1973, in 17 top lists Check -
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Bitter Victory
1957, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Southerner
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
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L'amour à vingt ans
1962 — a.k.a. Love at Twenty, in 0 top lists Check -
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Casque d'or
1952 — a.k.a. Casque d'Or, in 9 top lists Check -
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Der blaue Engel
1930 — a.k.a. The Blue Angel, in 17 top lists Check -
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Black Angel
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
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Les anges du péché
1943 — a.k.a. Angels of Sin, in 2 top lists Check -
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Apocalypse Now
1979, in 37 top lists Check -
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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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Take the Money and Run
1969, in 3 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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L'Atalante
1934, in 21 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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Le mura di Malapaga
1949 — a.k.a. The Walls of Malapaga, in 2 top lists Check -
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Horí, má panenko
1967 — a.k.a. The Firemen's Ball, in 11 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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Baisers volés
1968 — a.k.a. Stolen Kisses, in 7 top lists Check -
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Belle de jour
1967 — a.k.a. Belle de Jour, in 21 top lists Check -
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La bête humaine
1938 — a.k.a. The Human Beast, in 9 top lists Check -
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Billy Liar
1963, in 7 top lists Check -
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Bonjour tristesse
1958, in 3 top lists Check -
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Le bon Dieu sans confession
1953, in 0 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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Rue de l'Estrapade
1953, in 1 top list Check -
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Jeux interdits
1952 — a.k.a. Forbidden Games, in 15 top lists Check -
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La chienne
1931 — a.k.a. La Chienne, in 10 top lists Check -
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California Suite
1978, in 0 top lists Check -
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French Cancan
1955, in 9 top lists Check -
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Singin' in the Rain
1952, in 37 top lists Check -
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Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 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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Un caprice de Caroline chérie
1953 — a.k.a. Caroline Cherie, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un carnet de bal
1937 — a.k.a. Christine, in 4 top lists Check -
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Les lettres de mon moulin
1954 — a.k.a. Letters from My Windmill, in 0 top lists Check -
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Heaven Can Wait
1943, in 5 top lists Check -
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Le château de verre
1950 — a.k.a. The Glass Castle, in 0 top lists Check -
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Citizen Kane
1941, in 39 top lists Check -
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Days of Heaven
1978, in 19 top lists Check -
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Scipione l'africano
1937, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists 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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Les choses de la vie
1970 — a.k.a. The Things of Life, in 1 top list Check -
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Les compagnes de la nuit
1953 — a.k.a. Companions of the Night, in 0 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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