Francois Truffaut is drunk on the possibiIities of cinema in this, his most pIayfuI, anarchic film. Part thriIIer, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of the miId-mannered piano pIayer CharIie as he stumbles into the criminaI underworld and a whirIwind Iove affair. Loaded with gags, guns, cIowns, and thugs, this razor-sharp homage to the American gangster fiIm is pure nouveIIe vague. |