Day for night = La nuit americaine

Day for night La nuit americaine

DVD - 2015

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?

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Subjects
Motion pictures > Production and direction > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
Motion picture industry > Drama.
Actors > Drama.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Comedy films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2015]
Language
French
English
Corporate Authors
Films du carrosse (Firm), PECF (Firm), PIC (Firm)
Corporate Authors
Films du carrosse (Firm) (production company), PECF (Firm), PIC (Firm)
Other Authors
François Truffaut (film director), Jean-Louis Richard (screenwriter), Suzanne Schiffman (film producer), Marcel Berbert (actor), Jacqueline Bisset, 1944-, Valentina Cortese, Dani, 1945-, Alexandra Stewart, Jean Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, 1914-2001, Jean-Pierre Léaud, 1944-, Niké Arrighi, 1946-, Nathalie Baye, 1948-
Edition
Two-DVD special edition ; DVD edition
Item Description
Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
Film rating provided from IMDB.com web page for film and may not be present on container packaging.
Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Audience
Not rated.
Awards
Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
Production Credits
Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
ISBN
9781681430355
  • Disc 1. Feature film
  • Disc 2. Supplements.
Review by Library Journal Review

Famed filmmaker François Truffaut (Jules and Jim; The 400 Blows) puts himself in front of the camera as a stressed-out director on a movie shoot, dealing with an anxious young actor (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and a recently scandalized leading lady (Jacqueline Bisset), as well as an aging actress who forgets her lines, a producer worried about the budget, distracting on-set romances, and much more. The filmmaking process in all its organized chaos is on full display in this beautifully restored love letter to the cinema, abetted by a bunch of extras for reel-life buffs. [See Trailers, LJ 7/15.] © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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