A Scene from Day for Night

Aug 26th, 2008 | By Rick | Category: Classic Cinema, Clips and Trailers

Here’s brief scene from François Truffaut’s Day for Night that evokes a love of cinema better and with more economy than any other I can think of.  Truffaut (right) plays Ferrand, the director of the film Meet Pamela, and Jean Champion (left) is his producer.  As Ferrand receives a package of books about film, he gets a call from Georges Delerue, his composer.  Enjoy!

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  1. Fox August 28th, 2008 1:22 am :

    I haven’t seen Day for Night, but I loved that clip. I kinda wish Truffaut would have thought to keep piling them on and on and on until it became wonderfully absurd.

    I’ve always loved how the New Wave guys made it a point to promote their heroes so blatantly.

  2. Rick August 28th, 2008 1:38 am :

    Yes, they did … but it’s really not like a promotion, more like a loving tribute. It comes right in the middle of wrangling over whether to recast a pregnant actress or not, and it’s like he’s saying “ok, you know this stuff we’re worrying about? It doesn’t matter all that much when you get to do something this wonderful, like make a movie …” It’s almost like a mid-stream time-out, a reminder of what it really is what it’s all about.

  3. Fox August 28th, 2008 2:07 am :

    Well said. “Promote” was not the best choice of words.

  4. christian August 29th, 2008 5:29 pm :

    Finally just watched this. One of my fave moments from the film…

  5. Rick August 29th, 2008 10:41 pm :

    Yeah, it’s just a nice little interlude, and yet is still reinforces the theme of the picture.

    Welcome to the Creek, Christian! I enjoyed your piece over at MovieZeal

  6. Nick Plowman August 30th, 2008 11:29 am :

    It is one of my fave moments too, I love it.

  7. Rick August 30th, 2008 6:07 pm :

    Mine too …

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