Francois Truffaut is drunk on the possibilities of cinema in this, his most playfuI, anarchic film. Part thrilIer, part comedy, part tragedy, Shoot the Piano Player relates the adventures of the mild-mannered piano player CharIie as he stumbles into the criminal 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. |