Truffaut deliberately imitated his favorite Hollywood B-grade gangster films, adding French-style romance to American-style melodramas, sometimes with a brilliant touch. 's second work.
"Shooting the Pianist" is Truffaut's second work after "The Four Hundred Blows". In contrast to the grief-stricken atmosphere of "The Four Hundred Blows", Truffaut played with the genre traditions of Hollywood films in this film, adding irony and parody, as well as different camera movements and composition than traditional ones, revealing that he was different from the serious criticism at that time. French society, personal humorous side. The film's leading actor, Charles Anafor, interprets the melancholy pianist suffering from past memories in a low-key performance way, with the constant emergence of new characters and the ensuing tense events to keep the film alive and dynamic. In addition, Truffaut also deliberately added some surreal dialogues and retrospective scenes to elevate the crime thriller to the level of dialogue with its own spirituality. However, the contemplation and monologue of the actor in the final act just conform to the norms of this type of film, and Truffaut's ingenious design shows his own high awareness of the manipulation of genre films.
