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Movie Trailer of the Day: Love on the Run by Francois Truffaut
02 years ago
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
02 years ago
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.
Move Trailer of the Day: Stolen Kisses by Francois Truffaut
02 years ago
The Antoine Doinel series continues with my second-least favorite in the series. This film is beloved by many, but in my opinion, is upstaged by its successor, Bed and Board.
Movie Trailer of the Day: Antoine and Colette by Francois Truffaut
02 years ago
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:
Movie Trailer of the Day: The 400 Blows by Francois Truffaut
02 years ago
As I continue my journey through the French New Wave, I offer up one of the most important films in the movement (and perhaps one of the top ten most influential films of all time), Francois Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows.” Note that Jean-Pierre Leaud, who plays Paul in Masculin-Feminin, plays Antoine in the film. Obviously, he’s a lot younger here.