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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?

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Warner Bros
Other Authors: Truffaut, François (Screenwriter, Actor, interviewee (expression)), Richard, Jean-Louis (Screenwriter), Schiffman, Suzanne (Screenwriter), Bisset, Jacqueline, 1944- (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Cortese, Valentina (Actor), Dani, 1945- (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Stewart, Alexandra (Actor), Aumont, Jean Pierre (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Champion, Jean, 1914-2001 (Actor), Léaud, Jean-Pierre, 1944- (Actor), Arrighi, Niké, 1946- (Actor), Baye, Nathalie, 1948- (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Séveno, Maurice (Actor), Markham, David, 1913-1983 (Actor), Menez, Bernard, 1944- (Actor, interviewee (expression)), Saint Macary, Xavier (Actor), Boyle, Marc, 1945-1999 (Actor), Bal, Walter, 1939- (Actor), Stévenin, Jean-François (Actor), Zucca, Pierre, 1943-1995 (Actor), Delerue, Georges, 1925-1992 (composer (expression)), Glenn, Pierre-William (director of photography,, interviewee (expression)), Dury, Monique (Costume designer), Dedet, Yann (interviewee (expression)), Barraqué, Martine (interviewee (expression)), Andrew, Dudley, 1945- (interviewee (expression)), Insdorf, Annette (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
Language Notes:In French with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
Edition:Blu-ray special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 769.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Production and direction > Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors > Drama.
Motion picture industry > Drama.
Actors > Drama.
Motion picture industry.
Actors.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Motion pictures > Production and direction.
Comedy films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Motion pictures > France.
Motion pictures > Italy.
Foreign language films > French.
Description
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?
Item Description: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.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages)
Format:Blu-ray, region A, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Awards:Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
Production Credits:Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
ISBN:9781681430348
1681430347