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Truffaut
Here is the definitive story of one of the most celebrated filmmakers of our time, an intensely private individual who cultivated the public image of a man consumed by his craft. But as this absorbing biography shows, Truffaut's personal story--from which he drew extensively to create the characters and plots of his films--is itself an extraordinary human drama.
Paperback, 462 pages
Published
September 4th 2000
by University of California Press
(first published 1999)
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Very informative and obviously researched meticulously; however, de Baecque's biography is so stultifyingly conventional as to recall the interminable works of the positivist historians of the 19th century. It is not enough to be merely informative, and to record the happenings between birth and death, especially with a subject as beguiling as Truffaut. A biographer who wants his work to be worthwhile should dare not just to record the life of his subject, but to assess the scope of his subject'...more
I can't remember the last time I read a big long biography in its entirety, but I should really read them more often because I enjoyed this one a lot. To the extent that since I finished it a few days ago, I've been kinda missing my ol' buddy Francois and a few times have caught myself absentmindedly wondering what project and/or love affair he is in the middle of today. Though he (SPOILER! LOLZ) died pretty young, he lived a really full, accomplished life and really put his whole heart into eve...more
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Or at 4.25 stars. Definitely for French New Wave geeks.
Everything on the first decade of Truffaut's career is excellent (especially Fahrenheit 451) and worth the purchase alone. Major problem was a bit too much emphasis on his critical career and not enough on basically every film from Mississippi Mermaid on (Small Change barely gets a few pages).
Everything on the first decade of Truffaut's career is excellent (especially Fahrenheit 451) and worth the purchase alone. Major problem was a bit too much emphasis on his critical career and not enough on basically every film from Mississippi Mermaid on (Small Change barely gets a few pages).
I fell in love with Truffaut when I read this book.
Truffaut made one of the best 5 films of all time - "The 400 Blows". This book is very interesting and informative regarding his entire life, recommended for fans of film.
This is on my summer reading list... thanks to Cara-Mia
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