Truffaut: A Biography

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2008
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 476
Edition: New title
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 20 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0520225244
ISBN 13: 9780520225244

Media Reviews

An excellent biography of the groundbreaking French film director. -- Sacramento Bee

Author Bio

Antoine do Baecque is Editor-in-Chief of Cahiers du Cinema. He is at work on a book about French New Wave cinema. Serge Toubiana has headed Cahiers du Cinema since 1981. In 1993, he codirected a documentary titled Francois Truffaut: Stolen Portraits.