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La nuit americaine / Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Franç̜ois Truffaut.
LIBRA BLU RAY PN1997 .N8598 2010 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 769.
- The Criterion collection ; 769
- Standardized Title:
- Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Production and direction--Drama.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Motion picture industry--Drama.
- Motion picture industry.
- Actors--Drama.
- Actors.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Comedy films.
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, French.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Blu-ray special edition.
- Other Title:
- Title on container: Day for night
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
- Language Note:
- French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital 1.0
- widescreen (1.66:1)
- video file Blu-Ray region A
- Summary:
- The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film?
- Participant:
- Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca.
- Credits:
- Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
- Widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).
- Special features: New 2K digital restoration; new English subtitle translation; Trailer; Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns.
- Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
- ISBN:
- 9781681430348
- 1681430347
- OCLC:
- 915397791
- Publisher Number:
- 715515154215
- CC2521BD The Criterion Collection
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