Day for Night
by Francois Truffaut
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Actor: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Nike Arrighi, Walter BalDirector: Francois Truffaut
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-03-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Day for Night
Movie Review: Funny, witty and charming; this'll make you want to make a movie...
Summary: 4 Stars
It may not be as sublimely rich and ultimately haunting as Federico Fellini's `8 ?' but truth be told `La Nuit Americaine' is an astonishing film that is as clever as it is honest in its depiction of the art of filmmaking.
Director Francois Truffaut plays Ferrand, the director of the production `May I Introduce Pamela?' which stars an American actress named Julie. The film follows Ferrand's struggles with his cast, which include the diva who can't remember her lines, Severine as well as the green and somewhat unconfident Alphonse. What is also shown is the behind the scenes action, the production crew working together (and against one another), the numerous problems that can arise for any number of reasons (the cat scene is my favorite in the film) as well as actors interactions with one another and how that can affect the finished product.
It is a different approach to the same subject as `8 ?', a film that tackled the creative side of filmmaking as apposed to the production side. Here Truffaut shows us what goes into taking what is on the printed page and transferring it onto the silver screen. It's a very large feat, and he delivers it rather well.
Some have stated that the film starts off slow, and sadly there are some slow spots throughout, but overall the film is redeemed by a witty script (which allows us to get to know each and every player intimately) as well as some superb performances. Standouts here include Valentina Cortese (who was nominated for an Oscar) as well as Jean-Pierre Leaud. Cortese is wonderful as Severine, displaying the true anxiousness from realizing you are past your prime yet refusing to acknowledge it. She is marvelously entertaining here.
Yes, it plays out like a realistic soap-opera, focus being on the word `realistic' so don't worry; this film feels nothing short of legit.
This is a very smart and very entertaining film that should be high on the lists of any lover of film, for it is an ode to the wonderful art of making that said film. This film should come with the tagline `please try at home' for this is a film that will make you appreciate film to a degree that you'll ache to try your hand at filmmaking. Truly Truffaut crafts a stunning portrait of his own career and gives us all something to talk about.
Summary of Day for Night
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film? FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT's sly, humorous OscarO-winning Best Foreign Language Film (1973) that speaks the language of everyone who loves movies. JACQUELINE BISSET, JEAN-PIERRE AUMONT, VALENTINA CORTESE, NATHALIE BAYE and Truffaut star.Fran?ois Truffaut's lavish and fun 1973 comedy-drama about a film production is a clever hall of mirrors, with Truffaut himself playing a director, and his most important actor in real life, Jean-Pierre L?aud (The 400 Blows), portraying Jacqueline Bisset's immature costar. Day for Night is full of tales undoubtedly told out of school and repeated here in camouflage, and one can't help but be impressed with the stylistic and technical means by which Truffaut captures the adventurousness of a full-budget shoot. The cast is very good all around, with actors in some cases playing fictional thespians and in other cases playing members of the crew. A sequence set to thrilling music by Georges Delerue celebrates the whole art of filmmaking as seen from an editor's perspective--it makes one want to drop everything and shoot a film of one's own. --Tom Keogh
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