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Day for Night [DVD] [1973] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

DVD ~ Jacqueline Bisset
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  • Actors: Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Valentina Cortese, Dani
  • Directors: François Truffaut
  • Writers: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
  • Producers: Marcel Berbert
  • Format: Anamorphic, Colour, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Mar 2003
  • Run Time: 115 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00007G1ZE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 29,594 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Day for Night, 24 Oct 2004
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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A movie lover's delight, 15 Dec 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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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.
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15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Making a film is like a stagecoach ride into the Wild West", 20 Jan 2004
By Jennifer Litchfield (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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Day For Night (also called La Nuit Américaine) is a captivating glimpse into the mechanics of the film-making industry. It is a film within a film - the plot concerns the trials and tribulations (both human and technical) involved in the production of the fictional movie "I Want To Present Pamela".

We are inducted into the world of director François Truffaut and his motley band of cast and crew as they cope with the seemingly endless difficulties in trying to make a film they can be proud of in a limited amount of time. There are tempestuous actors who storm off the set, canisters of film which go missing, and even the death of an actor during filming to deal with. And yet, through all this, the film itself reigns supreme.

Day For Night is a French film, so unfortunately for English-speaking viewers some of the feeling is possibly lost in translation (either through dubbing or subtitling). However, the essence of the film remains, helped in no small part by some montage sequences set to Georges Delerue's wonderful orchestral score.

The film was made almost thirty years ago, so looking at it from a purely historical perspective, it might seem a little dated. However, to see it merely as a representation of a point in time is to miss entirely the message contained within the movie; this message being that films are timeless. So whilst we might smile nostalgically at the clothes (most of which are unbelievably tight), the aspects of human relationships revealed are as relevant today as they were in 1973.
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