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July 23, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Francois Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player
Shoot the Piano Player. 1960. France. Directed by Francois Truffaut

Shoot the Piano Player. 1960. France. Directed by Francois Truffaut

These notes accompany screenings of Pierre Etaix’s Happy Anniversary and Francois Truffaut’s </em>Shoot the Piano Player</a> on July 24, 25, and 26 in Theater 3.</p>

Pierre Etaix, now 84, has almost single-handedly kept the concept of physical comedy alive in France (the legacy of Max Linder and Rene Clair)