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...addition, the picture is full of small ironies and is dotted with nostalgic references to other movies in the master's long career. In this respect, a particularly great sequence is an embrace-assassination scene, which, besides recalling Notorious and North by Northwest, reminds us of the debt Chabrol, Truffaut and countless others owe to this Hollywood filmmaker...
STOLEN KISSES. Francois Truffaut takes time out from paying homage to Hitchcock ( The Bride Wore Black and his most recent film, yet to be released in this country, The Mississippi Mermaid) to provide a deceptively simple piece about unfulfilled love that is as fine as any movie he has made to date...
THESE DAYS comedies of manners are out of favor, especially those that are deliberately artificial. Jules and Jim gets by because of its apparent faithfulness to lifelike detail and incident. But Truffaut's favorite pastime is to manipulate his audiences. Forcing us to identify with his characters, he hides an attitude toward their actions that shapes our feelings. Ophuls' attitude is continuously present near the surface of La Ronde, constantly making itself felt when the relations between his characters change. And Ophuls judges right. Given the lightness of his characters-any one of whom one sees for a maximum...
...Truffaut's latest release (not yet seen in the U.S.)- The Siren of Mississippi -retains the loving detachment of his other films. It also signals a kind of return to Jules and Jim. exploring the constantly changing relationship between two people (Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve). The changes in their relationship are frequent, radical, and usually unpredictable...
...Truffaut is at his best when he explores people's passions and where they lead them. No matter what framework these passions fill. Truffaut will maintain the romantic lyricism of his past work...