The success of les mistons brought him recognition, and, although his fatherinlaw had not particularly liked the film, he admired francois talent and judgement, and put up money for a feature. Initially packaged in a 1disc digipack inside a cardboard slipcase. Written by truffaut and marcel moussy, the film is about. The 400 blows will screen at the 2014 melbourne international film festival 31 july 17 august as part of a program stream on jeanpierre leaud, cocurated with philippa hawker. It is one of the supreme examples of cinema in the first. Truffauts first feature was the 400 blows 1959, in which doinel is a boy who turns to petty crime in the face of neglect at home and hard times at a reform school. Jeanpierre leaud, claire maurier, and albert remy in les quatre cents coups 1959. Download the 400 blows yts yify movies torrents download.
The 400 blows is my first heart stroke, my first real experience of cinema and. Francois truffaut was an expert cinephile, after all. For the benefit of truffaut s fellow film buffs, the 400 blows is full of brief references to favorite directors, notably truffaut s thenidol jean vigo. The 400 blows les quatre cents coups francois truffaut. A comingofage story is supposed to chart the passage to adulthood, and this story just ends. The film, shot in dyaliscope, stars jeanpierre leaud, albert remy, and claire maurier. Truffaut, the nouvelle vague, the 400 blows youtube. The adventures of antoine doinel captures francois truffauts alter ego played by jeanpierre leaud over the span of five films and 20 years. I made this trailer when i was 16, with my old computer.
Keep an eye out for the following idiosyncrasies as you watch the films. Les quatre cents coupsthe 400 blows francois truffauts debut feature film les quatre cents coups was released to worldwide acclaim in 1959. Among them was francois truffaut, just 26 years old, who had first proposed what came to be known as the auteur theory that the director is the author of a film. The 400 blows directed by francois truffaut is an iconic film of the late 1950s that refined french cinema and helped spark a cinematic revolution known as the french new wave. Film history 2 final language arts la282 with johnson at. Both antoine and the young truffaut were social outcasts failures at.
Starring jeanpierre leaud as antoine, a tearaway kid perpetually in trouble both in school and at home. The french nouvelle vague new wave the french new wave of the late 1950s, one of the key movements of postwar european. The 400 blows 1959 francois truffaut trailer bfi youtube. Count me among those now pretty sure that the 400 blows, the other landmark of early french new wave cinema, is actually much the better filmcertainly every bit as in love with the thrilling possibilities of filmmaking as jeanluc godard in breathless.
This was the first in the antoine doinel trilogy the character invented by truffaut tracing him from antisocial anguish to domesticity and was the film to. Filmmakers akira kurosawa, luis bunuel, satyajit ray, jean cocteau, carl theodor dreyer, richard lester and norman jewison have cited the 400 blows as one of their favorite movies. Paris in les 400 coups a post identifying as many paris locations as possible in les 400 coups, with a minimum of commentary. The 400 blows les quatre cents coups mercury cinema. The 400 blows film analysis truffaut senses of cinema. Les quatre cents coups 1959 the 400 blows francois truffaut. Films on the lake presents the 400 blows les quatre cents coups.
The 400 blows 1959 full movie download full hd youtube. Seemingly in constant trouble at school, 14yearold antoine doinel returns at the end of every day to a drab, unhappy home life. Crtierions artwork for the dualformat edition of the 400 blows. Continuing our rebel season, this month were showing a lovely print of francois truffauts semiautobiographical 1959 debut les quatre cents coups 400 blows. Like most kids, he gets into more trouble for things he thinks are right than for his. The 400 blows in the late 1950s a group of iconoclastic young french film critics who had been attacking the established french cinema began to make their own very personal films. The final sequence of les quatre cents coups the 400. Francois truffauts the 400 blows 1959 is one of the most intensely touching stories ever made about a young adolescent. Franaois truffauts first feature, the 400 blows, is also his most personal. A film whose historical significance is impossible to overstate, the 400 blows initiated the french new wave, finding vibrant new methods for telling stories born from a love of the movies, the theoretical principles laid out by truffaut and his compatriots in cahiers du cinema, and the necessities of filmmaking on a budget. A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. The 400 blows les quatre cents coups 1959 rotten tomatoes. In the first five the tower appears intermittently amongst buildings or. Inspired by truffauts own early life, it shows a resourceful boy growing up in paris and apparently dashing headlong into a life of crime.
Les quatre cents coups the 400 blows francois truffaut antoine doinel jeanpierre leaud is a yearold boy who keeps getting into trouble at school. The 400 blows les quatre cents coups directed by francois truffaut, 1959, nr, 1h39, france with jeanpierre leaud, claire maurier 7. Jeanpierre leaud at the 1959 cannes film festival for 400 blows. The 400 blows 1959 bob dunlap, loud loud loud loud guitars 1986 marathon man 1976 noahs compass 2010 no pussyfooting 1973 white material 2009 replacements, rock n roll ghost 1989 close encounters of the third kind 1977 best american crime writing 2004. The 400 blows marks the birth of legendary nouvelle vague character antoine doinel. After being found out and punished for skipping classes, he runs away from. The 400 blows is considered a classic in portraying a pained and turbulent male adolescence. Truffaut had made three short films before that and had also worked as a film critic for the influential french film magazine cahiers du cinema. The 400 blows marks the birth of legendary nouvelle vague. So in 1959 francois truffaut, neglected son, passionate reader, delinquent student and cinephile, wrote and filmed one of the first glistening droplets of the french new wave. The 400 blows 1959 the only way to criticize a movie as to make another movie, truffauts great friend, rival and colleague jeanluc godard once said.
Keep an eye out for the following idiosyncrasies as. Stills must not be reproduced, copied or downloaded in any way. Angel faces hellbent for violence intensely touching story of a misunderstood young adolescent who left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. Best ever french films from france, canada, belgium, luxembourg and the rest of the french speaking world. Focus on truffaut and his key films, especially the 400 blows. Misunderstood at home by his parents and tormented in school by his insensitive teacher guy decomble, antoine frequently runs away from both places. As with many films of the new wave movement, the 400 blows is. Not only truffauts first feature, but also the first of the new wave, les 400 coups is an undisputable masterpiece. English, indonesia cek subscene for other language hosted in. Both antoine and the young truffaut were social outcasts failures at school, who turned to. Audition tape for the role of antoine doinel french audio jeanpierre leaud interview at cannes film festival in 1959 english subtitles the life of antoine doinel shown through glimpses of film. If you ask me why butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 ends with a freeze frame, its because of 400 blows 1959. One of the defining films of the french new wave and the directorial debut for truffaut, the 400 blows is a semiautobiographical story about a misunderstood adolescent in paris, thought to be a troublemaker by his parents and teachers.
His parents have little money and he sleeps on a couch thats been pushed into the kitchen. Francois truffauts first feature is also his most personal. Cannes 1959 newsreel footage of jeanpierre leaud in cannes for the showing of the 400 blows 5. Told from the point of view of truffauts cinematic counterpart, antoine doinel jeanpierre leaud, the 400 blows les quatre cents coups sensitively recreates the trials of truffauts own childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime. A young parisian boy, antoine doinel, neglected by his derelict parents, skips school, sneaks into movies, runs away from home, steals things, and tries disastrously to return them. Antoine escapes from the work camp and runs toward the sea. Told through the eyes of truffauts lifelong cinematic counterpart antoine doinel jeanpierre leaud, les 400 coups sensitively recreates the trials of truffauts own difficult childhood and counts as one of the supreme examples of cinema in the first person singular.
Looking again at where leaud is on the bridge in les 400 coups, the boys came onto it much further up, so if their movements are to be logical though theres no reason why they should be they must have walked all way round the cemetery with the typewriter, turning left from the rue capron into the rue cavalotti, then right into the rue. Truffaut would soon have the opportunity to put his theories into practice. A touching story about a young adolescent growing up in paris named antoine doinel, the film artfully captures the unfortunate circumstances of the troubled boys life and his tragic spiral into a life of transgression. For some strange reason the 2 disc version i bought 1 bluray, 1 dvd was cheaper than the bluray only, at time of writing.
The movie was directed by francios truffaut, and takes place in france and was released on may 4, 1959. The 400 blows is a 1959 french new wave drama film, and the directorial debut of francois. The 400 blowsa film about the transgression of structures, limits, rules, and normsgives rise to an invigorated film classroom. Originally intended as a 20minute short, the 400 blows was expanded into a feature when truffaut decided to elaborate on his selfanalysis. Les quatre cents coups aka the 400 blows by francois truffaut this is one of the best motion pictures of all time, included on both the new york times best 1,000 movies ever made and the alltime 100 movies lists, which you can find here. Kurosawa called it one of the most beautiful films that i have ever seen. The 400 blows premiered on may 4, 1959 at the cannes film festival an event that had refused to accredit truffaut as a journalist the previous year due to his harsh criticism of it.
Both come with an 8page foldout booklet containing stills, cast and crew listing and a brief essay on the cinema of francois truffaut by film professor annette insdorf. Francois truffauts first feature, the 400 blows les quatre cents coups, was more. In ways that have been wellrehearsed in truffaut scholarship, an idealization of moviegoing prevails within his oeuvre. Movie title from the film les quatre cents coups the 400 blows, 1959, directed by francois truffaut, starring jeanpierre leaud. Apr 08, 2010 antoine escapes from the work camp and runs toward the sea. One of the most beautiful ending sequences in the history of cinema. The 400 blows les quatre cents coups trailer one of the defining films of the french new wave and the directorial debut for truffaut, the 400 blows is a semiautobiographical story about a misunderstood adolescent in paris, thought to be a troublemaker by his parents and teachers. With jeanpierre leaud, albert remy, claire maurier, guy decomble. The end of the 400 blows is a resolution, but its not the one that youre supposed to get from a comingofage story. The 400 blows 1959 eric snider 092010 naturally, one of the most esteemed classic films of the french new wave would be one whose title is obscure and apparently meaningless, even to.