A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew. What a funny life we lead, says the aging starlet severine valentina cortese, summing up day for night s take on the ephemerality of both departments. As we remember roger ebert the film critic, we must also remember roger ebert the. Truffaut himself appears as the harried director of a frivolous melodrama, the. The film business comes out looking more romantic and glamorous or more corrupt and decadent than it really is, and none of the human feeling of a movie set is communicated. Valentina cortese, who earned an oscar nomination for her work in francois truffauts 1973 classic day for night, has died at 96. Day for night 1973 day for night 1973, directed by and starring franois truffaut, may be the most beloved film ever made about filmmaking. The french comedic drama day for night 1973 follows the backstage drama associated with a group of actors and filmmakers working on a movie withina movie called meet pamela, in which a married english woman runs away with her french fatherinlaw. The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.
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. Being a film within a film, day for night doesnt try to take itself too seriously. The director ferrand franois truffaut answers many questions from his film. A lot of the film illustrates that this is a very true sentence. During the movie, he marries an english wife while falling in love with another french individual. 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.
Some of the story elements were inspired by the plot outline of the play and 1944 film. List of italian films of 1973 jump to navigation jump to search. Day for night strikes an amazing balance between hard and soft, happy and sad, comedy and tragedy, and in the end offers a unique take not only on movies but on life itself. It reminds the audience that, while cinema is a glorious form of art in itself, its still simply fictionalized it reminds the audience that, while cinema is a glorious form of art in itself, its still simply fictionalized. Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes and lines from all your favorite films. That is not the case with francois truffauts funny and touching film, day for night, which is not only the best movie ever made about the movies but is. The highestgrossing 1973 films in countries outside of north america. Night watch is a 1973 britishamerican suspensethriller film directed by brian g. A movie for people who love movies a committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
A list of films produced in italy in 1973 see 1973 in film. Often funny, sometimes tragic, day for night is one of truffauts most autobiographical films and won the oscar for best foreign film in 1973. An irreverent paean to the prosaic craft of cinema as well as a delightful human comedy about the pitfalls of sex and romance, day for night is buoyed by robust performances and a sparkling score by the legendary georges delerue. Movies about movies usually dont quite get things right. The film reunited elizabeth taylor with costar laurence harvey from their 1960 collaboration butterfield 8. It was directed by michael blakemore and peter wood with cecil clarke as executive producer. In this remake of italian director dario argentos 1977 film by the same. But this exuberant movie doesnt thrive on technicalities. A sweet counterpoint to godards contempt, truffauts day for night is a congenial tribute to the selfafflicted madness that is making a movie. Hes talking about the sort of family that forms every time a movie shoots, and breaks up when it wraps. The top ten 1973 released films by box office gross in the united states and canada are as follows.
It was the last time the pair acted together on screen. Jeanpierre leaud, an aging but still forceful italian diva valentina cortese, and. Valentina cortese, an italian actress who held the extremely rare distinction of having been nominated for best supporting actress for her work in a foreign film, francois truffaut s 1973 classic day. The movieclips channel is the largest collection of licensed movie clips on the web. Visit this page for new additions, overlooked films, and toprated streaming titles. The recording is a version of royal national theatres 1971 staging of the play, and features laurence olivier tyrone, constance cummings mary, denis quilley jamie, ronald pickup. All of the free movies found on this website are hosted on thirdparty servers such as putlocker, sockshare, allmyvideos, filenuke, vidxden, novamov, nowvideo, megavideo, gorillavid, movshare, muchshare, vidbux, vidbull, vidto, nosvideo, movreel, videozed and many others. The production of a movie je vice present pamela begins with a struggling director. Day for night may not be a great film, or one of truffauts best pictures, but its nonetheless a gem, a loving tribute to filmmaking and one of the most poignant and goodhearted features about the inherently chaotic process of filmmaking inspired by 812, federico fellinis 1963 oscarwinning, day for night is a personal, even autobiographical work in which truffaut engages in a. The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several highgrossing films that originally.
Whereas fellinis 8 12 focuses on the inner creative process of the film director, day for night focuses on the practical details of physically making the film. He should have said, so are the people in french farces. In his legendary hitchcock book, truffaut says at one point that it would be a nice idea to make a film about making a film, and hitchcock agrees. Long day s journey into night is a 1973 videotaped television adaptation of the eugene oneill play of the same name. The actor in this exchange, which comes midway through francois truffauts day for night, is overstating his case. Julie, the beautiful but possibly unstable lead, is recovering from a breakdown, aided by an older physician, her new husband. However, he is not able to land the actors he desires and he struggles with keeping the picture afloat. Jeanluc godard had such a reaction and let truffaut know as much in a letter he wrote shortly after seeing and walking out of the film, after.
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