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Apr 8, 2014 · François Truffaut’s first feature, The 400 Blows (Les Quatre cents coups), was more than a semi-autobiographical film; it was also an elaboration of what the French New Wave directors would embrace as the caméra-stylo (camera-as-pen) whose écriture (writing style) could express the filmmaker as personally as a novelist’s pen. It is one of the supreme examples of “cinema in the first person singular.” In telling the story of the young outcast Antoine Doinel, Truffaut was moving ...
François Truffaut was a self-taught genius whose achievements belie his humble origins. He was born in Paris on the 6th February 1932 to an unmarried young woman, Jeanine de Monferrand, who was a secretary on the newspaper L'Illustration. He never met his biological father, although he later found out, through a private detective agency, that ...
Apr 15, 2009 · François Truffaut speaks at the AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock.CONNECT WITH AFI:http://facebook.com/AmericanFilmInstitutehttp://tw...
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Lowest Rated: 40% The Green Room (1978) Birthday: Feb 6, 1932. Birthplace: Paris, France. His academic demeanor and quiet professionalism masked a childhood scarred by abandonment and anger, but ...
He was 52 years old. Mr. Truffaut died at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a Paris suburb, a hospital spokesman said. He had been hospitalized about 10 days ago for treatment of cancer. Widely considered to be the New Wave's most respected member, Mr. Truffaut was one of the most important film directors of the 20th century. Vincent ...
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Aug 24, 2014 · The films of François Truffaut defined an exhilarating new form of cinema for moviegoers the world over. But before Truffaut became a great director, he was a critic who stood at the vanguard, pioneering an innovative way to view movies and to write about the cinematic arts.
