That familiar "Antoine" is back!

Edgardo 2022-03-13 08:01:01

"Antoine" series under the lens of French director François Truffaut , from "Les quatre cents coups", "Love at Twenty" L'amour a vingt ans , Baisers voles of "Stolen Kiss", Domicile conjugal of "Marriage Life" to the last "Love Run" L'amour en fuite, let us see the growth process of "Antoine". From a 13-year-old ignorant teenager, to experiencing all aspects of life such as growth, love, breakup, and reunion. A real "Antoine" is presented. Growing up in the ups and downs of life, and growing up in the ins and outs of love. And "Antoine" actor Jean-Pierre Léaud (Jean-Pierre Léaud) has been playing "Antoine" in these "Antoine" series of films. From truancy, running to the sea and being at a loss, to the small quarrels in marriage life, he will always be a "juvenile who doesn't know the taste of sorrow" and doesn't care.

Day to Night (La nuit americaine) is also the work of Francois Truffaut, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. And the really cute, slightly reckless "Antoine" returned to play Alphonse in this film, with a similar hairstyle, a suit, tie and trousers, always dressed as a literary youth. If he wants to keep his girlfriend by his side, he simply says "you are mine"; when his girlfriend runs away, he can't take the blow and doesn't want to make a movie, so he says childishly, "borrow me some money to go to a prostitute." People can't help but laugh when they see it.

Interestingly, director François Truffaut himself played a role in the film - a director. And the character, along with the former "Antoine" (Alphonse in the film), returned to the film, appearing in the film it was made for. This arrangement is admirable!

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Extended Reading
  • Bud 2022-03-19 09:01:11

    You can get a glimpse of all kinds of bad things about making movies. Many books about writing and shooting movies use this film to talk about it. It is indeed a very intuitive model of teaching materials on the set. Day for Night is actually a daylight night scene. At noon, a small aperture is used to shoot night scenes. You can see a lot of cinephile ingredients, showing Truffaut's personal preferences. A lot of fun and weird paragraphs, the rhythm is good and the people are beautiful. Not only the length of green screen is really more lively and interesting, and the imagination explodes

  • Josianne 2022-03-16 09:01:09

    Truffaut uses a light comedy way to describe the difficulty of making a movie. It is ironic inside and outside the scene. From the director's personal appearance, it can be seen that his own shadow should be projected into the story, which can be very interesting to the audience. It is also very novel to understand the behind-the-scenes up close, and the snow spots made by soap bubbles in the end show the dream-making essence of the movie.

Day for Night quotes

  • Alphonse: Alexandre, excuse me. Can I ask you something?

    Alexandre: Yes.

    Alphonse: In your opinion, are women magic?

    Alexandre: Some are, yes. Others, no!

  • Alexandre: Actors are so vulnerable!

    Dr. Michael Nelson: Of course they are. Everyone is afraid of being judged. But actors are always being judged. In your work, and in your life!

    Alexandre: Yes. We wonder what people think of us, if they love us. It must be the same for all performers. As a child, when Mozart was asked to play, he'd reply: "Gladly, but first say you love me."

    Dr. Michael Nelson: And in your job, you're always kissing.

    Alexandre: As you say, yes, we do a lot of kissing. The handshake was invented to show you're unarmed, friendly. We went one better: we show our love.