The first time I saw it, it completely changed the way I looked at movies. It was huge for me. The idea of taking the crime-film genre and twisting it in ways it shouldn't be twisted—that really informed my work. I wouldn’t have made Reservoir Dogs or Pulp Fiction if not for films like Band of Outsiders, Shoot the Piano Player and Breathless.
Truffaut was a big influence on me. He showed me that you could make a film your own way, mixing genres, being funny, sad, romantic and completely original.
— Truffaut · Rolling Stone: Jim Jarmusch's 10 Favorite Movies
It's like you can be funny and violent and sad and poetic, and it can all be mixed together in the same thing. And it can be completely original.
— Wes Anderson · The Independent: Wes Anderson: My life in film - Truffaut is the greatest
Shoot the Piano Player made a huge impression on me, the way it combined elements of noir, comedy, and pathos so effortlessly. It gave me permission to be equally free with my own narratives.
— Pedro Almodóvar · The Guardian interview: Pedro Almodóvar: 'I need to protect myself from Hollywood'