Tirez sur le pianiste - François Truffaut (1960)

I like Truffaut's work.I enjoyed the Antoine Doinel series and Jules et Jim. This is a little masterpiece. It does take a lot of genre elements but it is also an author film and very innovative. 

Simplicity is something I like in films. This is just casual and natural yet very creative. The night walks are great... you can even see the camera shadow, but it doesn't matter as the narrative flows so well.

There are things like inserting subtitles... you do wonder what was that about, as it's not repeated anywhere else. I wasn't too bothered by the non-related stories added in the middle.. I didn't really think it wasn't related. 

Charles Aznavour is just great. His performance is just perfect, he was such a good actor he should have been in better known films in his youth. I should probably see more of his films.

Tirez sur le pianiste

El Cochecito - Marco Ferreri (1960)

Small comedies. How difficult is it to find one? This one is so funny and small that it's a little jewel. I've seen quite a few Spanish comedies... I now understand where some (or most) of them are coming from.

Most comedies tend to be about nothing serious, just a bit of fun.. which isn't too bad sometimes. This film disguises in humour a very sharp criticism of the worst things of society: greed, lack of solidarity, selfishness, snobbery... also the treatment old and /or disabled people get.

The sound is a shame. The bad dubbing is the worst thing about it.

Don Anselmo is just adorable. He plays such a childish old man that you love him immediately and empathise with his cause, no matter how crazy it is. There are so many films thatjust lack that and fail to engage you.


El Cochecito