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...lost the harsh edges, the very qualities much of the filmmaking world was exploring with a vengeance The Truffaut of The 400 Blows gave way to the Truffaut of The Man Who Loved Women and Day for Night. He treated even his most repellent characters with extraordinary affection. When Trauffaut took a role in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters, it was, fittingly enough, that of the starry-eyed scientist who looked to the sky with an unbridled, childlike innocence. These hyper-intelligent jellyfish aliens glided out of the Mother Ship, and there was the benevolent Truffaut, signalling good will...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Truffaut's Diffidence | 3/2/1981 | See Source »

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