Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Harmonia (A) on April 27, 2011 at 15:00:12

In Reply to: RE: "Day for Night:" years after finding it a bit anemic, I've posted by tinear on April 27, 2011 at 12:06:44

I watched this film again last summer.

I'd not seen it in at least 10 years and was pleased to note that it has aged well for me. I marveled again at Truffaut's warmth and acute powers of observation. D4N captured the hectic, passionate yet family-like mileu of life on a movie set better than almost any other film. It's like Truffaut's love letter to the movies.

I also re-watched Truffaut's The 400 Blows recently and found it to be just as marvelous as I remembered. As you noted, he's far less flashy than some of his other New Wave counterparts but all the more rewarding for that.

Rohmer is to me a master. Period.

Goddard has always been problematical for me.

My film school buddies all adored him (this was back in the early to mid 1970s). Critics hail him. Famous filmmakers are deepley influenced by him. While I acknowledge Goddard's brilliance and originality, I've also found his films highly annoying at times, and more often than not emotionally obtuse and offputting. I've avoided rewatching his films for years and must absolutely remedy that. It's probably just me.