Dick Smith Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Sky are broadcasting 2 Truffaut movies this evening (Les 400 Coups and Baisers Volés) on Sky Cinema 1. Excellent stuff, but does anyone know if this is (oh frabjous day) the beginning of a Truffaut season?(The subtitling is US version, I believe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Wasn't it raining in both of those films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 No. In fact I believe rain does not figure in either film, I must have been in England, but cinematic references do (I love the 2 kids with Laurel and Hardy masks in Baisers Volés), and of course Truffaut's obsession with female legs. Antoine Doinel does carry an umbrella at one stage, but it remains furled. A-Ha! But I suppose that sometimes an umbrella is just an umbrella.There is to be a season, according to Sky. There is an introductory programme at the weekend, but at the moment the schedules are just showing 400 Coups and BV several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Enjoy! I prefer Jules & Jim personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 That's a mental film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I'm a bit mental I suppose. Erazorhead is another favourite[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 I prefer to think of it as cerebral. My favourites are 400 Coups and Enfant Sauvage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 In my ashamed ignorance, I have never seen any of the films mentioned. [:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 You should give them a try. He was, in my opinion, the greatest of the New Wave auteurs, and the Antoine Doinel cycle, in which the same actor (Jean-Pierre Leaud) plays the same character in a series of movies over a period of 20 years, the character being an amalgam of Truffaut himself and Leaud, is a brilliant achievement. He also made thrillers - one of his major influences was Alfred Hitchcock, about whom he wrote prolifically. Sadly his life and career were cut short in 1984 at the age of 52.For a very well-written appraisal of his life and career, look here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]You should give them a try. He was, in my opinion, the greatest of the New Wave auteurs, and the Antoine Doinel cycle, in which the same actor (Jean-Pierre Leaud) plays the same character in a series of movies over a period of 20 years, the character being an amalgam of Truffaut himself and Leaud, is a brilliant achievement. [/quote]You're going to frighten Phil if you talk like that!Dick! What do you think about the Mr. Bean of France - a.k.a. the wonderfully 'avant guarde' Jacques Tati? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 I love the early stuff, Jour de Fête and Monsieur Hulot, less so some of the later films, which seem a bit too arch. He seems to me to be a kind of Simenon of the cinema, very French (yes, I know Simenon was Belgian, but you know what I mean). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Tout a fait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 [quote user="Dick Smith"]seem a bit too arch. [/quote]I thought Jules et Jim was uber-arch (and mental), but you liked that Dick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 It's certainly not my favourite Truffaut - perhaps because he had less leeway with the plot, which is, to be honest, a bit thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Very thin, but watchable nevertheless, if only because it's good fun to sit in wonderment as it gets increasingly self-indulgent. Ah, and lo and behold, we arrive at Eraserhead....Cyclical, the movies, like bikes....[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 (that's not to say Eraserhead isn't fabulous, because it is, of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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