"Les Quatre cents coups, better known as The
400 Blows, a film that every man can relate to, because every man once was
a boy. It also bears the historical importance of being among the first films of
the Nouvelle Vague, along with Breathless.
[The last shot] is one of the few freeze fames that I think really works in the history of
film. When you do a freeze frame, you have the opportunity to find the exact
shot that you want — no guessing. And [director Francois Truffaut] used it to
the full effect."
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