Shoot The Piano Player / Tirez Sur Le Pianiste (1962)

Shoot the Piano Player is a defining work of the French New Wave, where François Truffaut fused American film noir with playful formal experimentation. The film embodies the movement’s break from classical storytelling, mixing crime, romance, irony, and self-reflexive humor, while asserting cinema as a personal, graphic art form.

The poster is strikingly modern and irreverent: flat, primary yellow dominates, with a cartoon-like pianist reduced to bold shapes and a literal target on his back. Hand-painted red lettering, offbeat proportions, and visual jokes (floating glasses, mismatched legs) mirror the film’s tone, stylish, humorous, and subversive, signaling New Wave cinema’s rejection of traditional poster realism.

• Year: 1962
• Nationality: United States
• Condition: Folded-as-issued
• Type: Original One Sheet
• Size: 27 X 41 Inches
• Product Code: W5243