- Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Directors: François Truffaut
- Producers: Day for Night ( La Nuit américaine ) ( The American Night ), Day for Night, La Nuit américaine, The American Night
- Format: Import, PAL
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, German
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 15
- Run Time: 112.00 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001W04A1C
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 29,297 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Czech ( Subtitles ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), English ( Subtitles ), German ( Subtitles ), Greek ( Subtitles ), Hungarian ( Subtitles ), Italian ( Subtitles ), Portuguese ( Subtitles ), Spanish ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), Turkish ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Commentary, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Known to English-speaking audiences as Day for Night, La nuit americaine was director Francois Truffaut's loving and humorous tribute to the communal insanity of making a movie. The film details the making of a family drama called 'Meet Pamela' about the tragedy that follows when a young French man introduces his parents to his new British wife. Truffaut gently satirizes his own films with 'Meet Pamela's overwrought storyline, but the real focus is on the chaos behind the scenes. One of the central actresses is continually drunk due to family problems, while the other is prone to emotional instability, and the male lead (Truffaut regular Jean-Pierre Leaud) starts to act erratically when his intermittent romance with the fickle script girl begins to fail. In addition to all this personal drama, the film is besieged by technical problems, from difficult tracking shots to stubborn animal actors. The inspiration for future satires of movie-making from Living in Oblivion to Irma Vep, La nuit americaine was considered slight by some critics in comparison to earlier Truffaut masterworks, but it went on to win the 1973 Oscar for Best Foreign Film. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Golden Globes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...Day for Night ( La Nuit américaine ) ( The American Night )
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This is a truly fabulous film, I have seen it many times.
Francois Truffaut's homage to the world of film includes an over possessive producer's wife who sits and knits on the film set, a glamorous female lead with the insecurities of a child and a disobedient kitten that doesn't want the cream.
Jean Pierre Aumont's (Alexandre) excitement at the arrival of his son on the set is particularly moving and Valentina Cortese's (Severine) attempts to learn her lines with the assistance of numbers is unbearably hilarious.
This film reflects Truffaut's lust for life, how sad for us all that his life was so short.
Francois Truffaut's homage to the world of film includes an over possessive producer's wife who sits and knits on the film set, a glamorous female lead with the insecurities of a child and a disobedient kitten that doesn't want the cream.
Jean Pierre Aumont's (Alexandre) excitement at the arrival of his son on the set is particularly moving and Valentina Cortese's (Severine) attempts to learn her lines with the assistance of numbers is unbearably hilarious.
This film reflects Truffaut's lust for life, how sad for us all that his life was so short.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Along with Fahrenheit 451, Day For Night is easily Francois Truffaut's most playful film. It works where so many subsequent moviemaking movies don't because Truffaut doesn't put the director at the center of the picture, or indeed the movies themselves: it may be set in a movie studio on a troubled picture, but it's all about people and about love in its various forms. Moreover, for all the pains and tantrums and breakdowns, there's a real love for and acceptance its characters that makes it a particularly joyful experience. Throw in some great performances from a fine ensemble cast - not least the oft-overlooked Jean-Pierre Aumont - and a wonderful Georges Delerue score, and it's hard not to fall under its spell.
If you like the film, now is the time to pick up either Warner's excellent Region 1 disc or MK2's French PAL disc (with English subtitles on the feature and a slew of unsubtitled different extras) as both companies are being sued by the Truffaut estate over the film, which may make it unavailable for the forseable future.
If you like the film, now is the time to pick up either Warner's excellent Region 1 disc or MK2's French PAL disc (with English subtitles on the feature and a slew of unsubtitled different extras) as both companies are being sued by the Truffaut estate over the film, which may make it unavailable for the forseable future.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw this film when it first came out and have tried to get it on dvd ever since
now that I have it on dvd it is as good as when I first saw it in the seventies
it is clever being a film about making a film; it is enjoyable ; it is fun; it is truffaut
if you like truffaut,which I do, buy it
highly recommended
now that I have it on dvd it is as good as when I first saw it in the seventies
it is clever being a film about making a film; it is enjoyable ; it is fun; it is truffaut
if you like truffaut,which I do, buy it
highly recommended
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All of Truffaut's works are autobiographical. Day for Night is merely the most obvious case of this self-scrutiny. It has the loose charm of many of his films. Read more
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I wanted to see this film and was very dissapointed when it arrived and there were no English subtitles so it will have to go back.
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One more superlative: audio comment by Nathalie Baye
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How a movie gets made is more interesting than the movie itself.
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A classic that was unavailable in Region 2 format for years! An affectionate look of the problems of a film director. Great fun!
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