The 400 Blows (1959): Truffaut’s Brilliant Debut–Great Movie Endings
The final shot, the freeze frame, much acclaimed and celebrated, though in reality, it was the result of accident.
Truffaut: “I told Jean-Pierre Leaud to look into the camera. He did, but quickly turned his eyes away. Since I wanted that brief look he gave me the moment before he turned, I had no choice but to hold it, hence the freeze frame.”
And the rest is film history–and film mythology.
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