François Truffaut

French · 1932–1984

Central figure of the French New Wave whose autobiographical Antoine Doinel films and passionate criticism championed cinema as a deeply personal art.

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“An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal — falling like a cat, moving like a fox, holding still like a snake.”

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“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.”

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