Francois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playfuI, anarchic film. Part thriller, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of the mild-mannered piano player CharIie as he stumbIes into the criminal underworld and a whirlwind Iove affair. Loaded with gags, guns, clowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster fiIm is pure nouvelle vague. |