Synopses & Reviews
François Truffaut (1932-1984), perhaps the most respected member of the New Wave group of French moviemakers, left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses, Day for Night, and The Story of Adele H. Equally fascinating is the very large body of film criticism Truffaut wrote over many years for Cahiers du Cinema and other leading film journals. Wonderfully varied, personal, and informal, these reviews all communicate unabashed love for and an enormous excitement about the movies. The Films in My Life is Truffaut's own selection of more than one hundred essays that range widely over the history of film and pay tribute to Truffaut's particular heroes, among them Hitchcock, Welles, Chaplin, Renoir, Cocteau, Bergman, and Buñuel.
Review
"Among the critics who heralded the French New Wave, the pragmatic best was François Truffaut, then celebrated for his irreverence and now valuable for his sanity, his intelligence, his good humor, his precise and reasonable enthusiasm. The Films in My Life is one of the most readable books of movie criticism, and one of the most instructive."
American Film
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"Truffaut brings the same intelligence and grace to the printed page that he projects on the screen. The Films of My Life provides a rare knowledgeable look at movies and moviemaking."
Newsday
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"A personal chronicle of a fascinating period in film history."
Stanley Kauffman, New Republic
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"Truffaut's book would be readable, useful and provocative if he had never made a film. But his view from the director's chairarticulate, sympathetic and informedis unique, and doubly entertaining and valuable."
Charles Champlin, Los Angeles Times
Synopsis
"One of the most readable books of movie criticism, and one of the most instructive."--American Film
Fran ois Truffaut (1932-1984), perhaps the most respected member of the New Wave group of French moviemakers, left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses, Day for Night, and The Story of Adele H. Equally fascinating is the very large body of film criticism Truffaut wrote over many years for Cahiers du Cinema and other leading film journals. Wonderfully varied, personal, and informal, these reviews all communicate unabashed love for and an enormous excitement about the movies. The Films in My Life is Truffaut's own selection of more than one hundred essays that range widely over the history of film and pay tribute to Truffaut's particular heroes, among them Hitchcock, Welles, Chaplin, Renoir, Cocteau, Bergman, and Bu uel.
Synopsis
"François Truffaut (1932-1984), perhaps the most respected member of the New Wave group of French moviemakers, left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim,"
About the Author
François Truffaut (1932-1984), left a legacy of beloved and influential films that include The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, Stolen Kisses, Day for Night, and The Story of Adele H.