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Day for Night (French: La Nuit américaine, lit. 'American Night') is a 1973 romantic comedy-drama film co-written and directed by François Truffaut. The metafictional and self-reflexive film chronicles the troubled production of a melodrama, and the various personal and professional challenges of the cast and crew.
Sep 7, 1973 · Day for Night: Directed by François Truffaut. With Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart. A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- François Truffaut
- 1973-09-07
Dec 26, 1997 · We learn in an offhand way some of the trade secrets of moviemaking, such as how they make it snow in the summertime, how a third-floor balcony can have no building beneath it, and how scenes are shot “day for night” (a filter is used to give the effect of night while shooting in daylight).
A sweet counterpoint to Godard's Contempt, Truffaut's Day for Night is a congenial tribute to the self-afflicted madness that is making a movie. Read Critics Reviews
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- François Truffaut
- PG
- Jacqueline Bisset
Day for Night. Movies about movies usually don’t quite get things right. The film business comes out looking more romantic and glamorous (or more corrupt and decadent) than it really is, and none of the human feeling of a movie set is communicated.
An irreverent paean to the prosaic craft of cinema as well as a delightful human comedy about the pitfalls of sex and romance, Day for Night is buoyed by robust performances and a sparkling score by the legendary Georges Delerue.
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Day for Night (1973), directed by and starring François Truffaut, may be the most beloved film ever made about filmmaking. The title comes from a technical term - the idiomatic French title, La Nuit américaine , refers to shooting a nighttime scene in daylight with a special filter on the lens.
