Shoot the Piano Player 4K (VF) (1960)
de François Truffaut
Criterion - 10 novembre 2026
Titre Original : Tirez sur le pianiste
Audio : French: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Sous-titres : English
Durée : 1h21
Format : 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray / import US
Zone : 4K Blu-ray: Region free
2K Blu-ray: Region A
Genre : Romance, Thriller
Synopsis
Charlie Kohler is a piano player in a bar. The waitress Lena is in love with him. One of Charlie's brother, Chico, a crook, takes refuge in the bar because he is chased by two gangsters, Momo and Ernest. We will discover that Charlie's real name is Edouard Saroyan, once a virtuose who gives up after his wife's suicide.
Contenu et Bonus
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring film scholars Peter Brunette and Annette Insdorf
- Introduction by filmmaker Noah Baumbach
- Interviews with cinematographer Raoul Coutard, actors Charles Aznavour and Marie Dubois, and François Truffaut collaborator Suzanne Schiffman
- Archival interviews with Truffaut on the film and the source novel
- The Music of Georges Delerue, an illustrated audio essay
- Episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art featuring scholar Jeff Smith
- Dubois’s screen test
- Trailer
- Plus: An essay by film critic Kent Jones, an interview with Truffaut, and reflections by the director on Aznavour and Dubois