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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? The enjoyable tale of a motion picture director and his problems trying to film a silly love story. Bright performances accent this loving look at the intricacies of filmmaking. Won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
"One of the great tributes to the art of moviemaking, Truffaut has never made a film as warm or generous." Chuck Rudolph, Matinee Magazine
Editor's Note
François Truffaut's DAY FOR NIGHT is the French master's tender, humorous love letter to the cinema. Stepping in front of the camera, Truffaut plays Ferrand, a director who's embarking on his latest production, a melodrama entitled MEET PAMELA. As the cast and crew convene at the Victorine Studio in Nice, a family is formed, but unlike most families, this one is only temporary. There's the gorgeous American actress (Jacqueline Bisset), the love-struck young lead (Jean-Pierre Leaud), the aging alcoholic (Valentina Cortese), and the unheralded crew (grips, technicians, etc.). Along the way, those involved in the production start to feel as if the events in their real lives are coming straight out of the movies, filled with romance, tragedy, melodrama, and a dash of slapstick.As with the best works of art, Truffaut's film doesn't exist merely to provide viewers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the tumultuous craft of filmmaking. While Truffaut doesn't shy away from revealing some of cinema's most magical tricks--such as how action sequences are shot and how artificial snow is created--the film also works on a more universal level, addressing issues to which everyone can relate. But ultimately, the moviemaking sequences are what make DAY FOR NIGHT such an unforgettable experience.
Plot Summary
François Truffaut's warm and funny love letter to the art of cinema.| Truffaut 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.
| Features | Subtitles: English, German, Spanish,Turkish | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English, German, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/12/2006 |
| Running Time: 120 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1973 | | Catalog ID: 24079 | | UPC: 00085392407927 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: French | | Available Audio Tracks: French | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Thai, Mandarin | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.78:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1973) |  | Winner, Best Foreign Language Film |
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| | Professional Reviews | Los Angeles Times
"...DAY FOR NIGHT, Francois Truffaut's heartfelt homage to the joy and pain of making movies, is just as bracing yet touching as it was when it was first released..." 10/02/1998 p.C22Chicago Sun-Times
"...A poem in praise of making movies....Truffaut's film is like a little anthology of anecdotes from movie sets..." 12/26/1997 p.33 USA Today
"...Ranking with SUNSET BOULEVARD as one of the greatest movies ever made about the movie industry, Truffaut's loving portrait captures the entire filmmaking process..." 03/21/2003 p.9E |
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