François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut (6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five films. Along with Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut was one of the most influential figures of the French New Wave, inspiring directors such as Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese, & Wes Anderson.
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A marvelous installment in the "Antoine Doinel" series. I think of it as a comedic version of Scenes from a Marriage. (Well, I dunno, maybe not, but it sounded like a clever thing to say.) Delightful bits of conversation and little flashes of brilliance... such as the way Antoine is informed of his child's birth. The absolute absurdity of his jobs -- dyeing flowers and then controlling the boats in a scale model harbor -- was a highly amusing flourish as well.