Day for night = La Nuit americaine / Warner Bros presents une co-production franco-italienne, Films du Carrosse, PECF (Paris), PIC (Rome) ; scenario original, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman ; directeur de la production, Marcel Berbert ; mise en scène de Franç̜ois Truffaut.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
French
Εdition
  • DVD edition.
  • Two-DVD special edition.
Published/​Created
  • [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2015]
  • ©2015
Description
2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm).

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    Subject(s)
    Presenter
    Production company
    Publisher
    Film director
    Screenwriter
    Actor
    Interviewee (expression
    Film producer
    Composer (expression
    Director of photography
    Production designer
    Costume designer
    Editor of moving image work
    Writer of supplementary textual content
    Library of Congress genre(s)
    Series
    Medium/​Support
    DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
    Summary note
    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?
    Notes
    • Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.
    • Film rating provided from IMDB.com web page for film and may not be present on container packaging.
    • Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: 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.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Music, Georges Delerue ; cinematography, Pierre-William Glenn ; production designer, Damien Lanfranchi ; costume, Monique Dury ; editing, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué.
    Target audience
    [MPAA rating: PG].
    System details
    DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
    Awards
    Academy Awards, 1973: Best foreign language film.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca.
    Language note
    In French with optional English subtitles.
    Contents
    • disc 1. Feature film
    • disc 2. Supplements.
    Other title(s)
    Nuit américaine (Motion picture)
    Title on container
    • Day for night
    ISBN
    • 1681430355
    • 9781681430355
    Publisher no.
    • CC2522DDVD
    • CC2522D
    • CC2522D-1
    • CC2522D-2
    OCLC
    913431835
    Universal Product Code
    • 715515154314
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