Studio Columbia Pictures, Films du Carrosse, Productions et Editions Cinematographic Francaise, Produzione International Cinematografica, Warner Brothers
Other Titles • Day for Night (1973) • La Nuit américaine • Die Amerikanische Nacht (1973)
Synopses for Day for Night (1973)
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François 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 Léaud (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
(19 votes)
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The movie for people who love movies.
The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, trade 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? Mais oui!
Day For Night is Francois Truffaut's sly, humorous bouquet to movies and the people who make them, the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film (1973) that speaks the language of everyone who loves movies. Featuring Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Truffaut and others in an appealing ensemble, laced with incidents from Truffaut's life and set to Georges Delerue's exhilarating score, Day For Night is day-or-night joy.
(17 votes)
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In François Truffaut's warm and funny love letter to the art of cinema, the director himself plays Ferrand, a director who's beginning a new film -- a somewhat cheesy melodrama known as "Meet Pamela." As the actors and the crew gather, get to know each other and start to work, a "family" is formed... but a family that will, in only a short while, break up again. Along the way, those involved in making "Meet Pamela" start to feel as if the events in their real lives are coming straight out of the movies, filled with romance, tragedy, melodrama... and just a little slapstick comedy. A humorous, kindly look into the life of a filmmaker at his labors. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress--Valentina Cortese (1974). Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film (1973).
(17 votes)
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