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Movie Trailer of the Day: Love on the Run by Francois Truffaut

Jeff the Zombie — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:00:56 +0000

Ah, Francois Truffaut. Some of your films were great, but your last films were absolutely terrible. Love on the Run, despite being the final installment of the classic Antoine Doinel series, falls into that category. Not only is it the cinematic equivalent of a clip show, featuring scenes from the other films in the series, but the original material is dreadful. Antoine Doinel’s girlfriends reminiscing about his philandering, making lame references to the stark, beautiful 400 Blows. I like to pretend this movie never happened. The tag line: “Antoine Doinel is still in love — and since he is still in love, he is still ALIVE!” Screw the French. Here’s the trailer:

Movie Trailer of the Day: Bed and Board by Francois Truffaut

Jeff the Zombie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:00:16 +0000

The third film in the Antoine Doinel series is also my favorite, dealing with Antoine’s marriage and fatherhood (and infidelities). I kind of wish the series had ended here, but no — there’s one more left. And it’s terrible. One of my favorite running gags in this film, though, is a friend of Antoine’s — obviously meant to be Jean-Luc Godard — bumming money off of him.

Movie Trailer of the Day: Antoine and Colette by Francois Truffaut

Jeff the Zombie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:00:26 +0000

Okay, this is a bit of a cheat — this is the ending montage of the film (but it doesn’t give anything away). Antoine and Colette was the short form sequel to the 400 Blows, featuring a teenaged Antoine Doinel, so doesn’t have a trailer. The next proper film in the series is Stolen Kisses. This gives a pretty good idea of the tone of Antoine and Colette, though, which is still among my favorites: