Title: François Truffaut at work /
Authors: Le Berre, Carole.
Publisher: Phaidon Press,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Truffaut, François Criticism and interpretation.
Abstract: Francois Truffaut (1932-1984), French motion-picture director and critic, was a leader of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) movement of filmmakers who rejected the slick, impersonal style of studio filmmaking for a more personal approach, in which the director has sole creative authority and is recognized as the author of a film. Truffaut was born in Paris. After a troubled childhood, he left school at the age of 14. Through his passion for film, he met Andre Bazin, founder and co-editor of the influential journal Cahiers du Cinema, for which Truffaut began writing. Throughout his filmmaking career, which began in the late 1950s, Truffaut wrote or co-authored as well as directed all his feature films, which combine comedy, pathos, suspense, and melodrama. His first film was the highly acclaimed "400 Blows" (1959), the story of Antoine Doinel, a misunderstood adolescent.^
Contents: Une visite (1954) = A visit ; Histoire d'eau (1958) = A story of water ; Les mistons (1958) = The brats -- Les quartre cent coups (1959) = The 400 blows -- Tirez sur le pianiste (1959) = Shoot the pianist -- Jules et Jim (1961) = Jules and Jim -- Antoine et Colette (1962) = Antoine and Colette -- La peau douce (1964) = Soft skin -- Fahrenheit 451 (1966) = Fahrenheit 451 -- La mariée était en noir (1967) = The bride wore black -- Baisers volés (1968) = Stolen kisses -- La sirène du Mississippi (1969) = Mississippi mermaid -- L'enfant sauvage (1970) = The wild child -- Domicile conjugal (1970) = Bed and board -- Les deux Anglaises et le continent (1971) = Two English girls -- Une belle fille comme moi (1972) = Such a gorgeous kid like me -- La nuit américaine (1973) = Day for night -- L'histoire d'Adèle H (1975) = The story of Adèle H -- L'argent de poche (1976) = Small change -- L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977) = The man who loved women -- La chambre verte (1978) = The green room -- L'amour en fuite (1979) = Love on the run -- Le dernier métro (1980) = The last metro -- La femme d'à côté (1981) = The woman next door -- Vivement dimanche! (1983) = Finally Sunday, also known as Confidentially yours.