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'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.
Day for Night. Roger Ebert December 26, 1997. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Producer: “Aren’t we one big happy family?” Actor: “So are the people in Greek tragedies.” The actor in this exchange, which comes midway through Francois Truffaut ’s “Day for Night,” is overstating his case.
That is not the case with Francois Truffaut’s funny and touching film, “Day for Night,” which is not only the best movie ever made about the movies but is also a great entertainment.
A film director (François Truffaut) tries to get his movie made while observing the real-life dramas in his actors' lives. Fading icon Severine (Valentina...
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Mar 18, 2018 · Day for Night (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p] Directed by François Truffaut. With Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud and Alexandra Stewart.
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.
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.
On location in Nice's Victorine Studios, Ferrand, a committed French filmmaker and François Truffaut 's alter-ego, struggles to make an all-star melodrama called "Je Vous Présente Paméla". The screenplay is straightforward: a newlywed woman falls head-over-heels in love with her father-in-law, and complications ensue.
Francois Truffaut's Day for Night is a fantastically dazzling masterpiece of cinema. A glorious celebration and condemnation of the joys and faults of filmmaking. It's also a genius satire, taking all of the troubles and woes of filmmaking and making a somewhat sarcastic remark about them.
