Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani
A film company at work. Actors arrive and depart; liaisons develop. Julie, the beautiful but possibly unstable lead, is recovering from a breakdown, aided by an older physician, her new husband. Alpho...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003
Stats: 356 reviews
This is one of those movies that I enjoyed watching because it gave an insider's look at how movies are made and the drama behind it. Plus, it's directed by Truffaut and has the spectacular Jacqueline Bisset star in it.
Why not give Truffaut a big budget and let him play with it? Why not indeed. La Nuit Americaine is the director's own account of life on the set, of the process of making a film, with all of its difficulties and its perks. With the help of dozens of charming, excellently written ...( read more)
9/10
Cinema celebrated, reality questioned, Americanism studied, love admired (almost mocked); all together under the moc...( read more)
Cinema on the run.Fucking gorgeous.The ingenious thought that generates the brain is "do we actually care of what Art truly is...and if so,how can we expand our knowledge more?".Cortese is adorable...
I love movies about making movies.That's why i watched "The American Night" (there is 3 names but this one is more suitable for the movie) 2 o'clock in the morning.I though it would be helpful for me to be a director.But it is more like a soup opera while a movie is shoting.Becau...( read more)
Il cinema raccontato dal cinema. O meglio la vita che coincide col cinema. Splendido film di Truffaut, stavolta regista di ben due film, dentro e fuori dal set di produzione. Decine, forse centinaia le citazioni cinematografiche, ma soprattutto una memorabile visione della realtà...( read more)
Day for Night exudes all the enchantment, zaniness and transitory pleasures of the movie-making business. And the kitten that wouldn't hit its mark: so cute!
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