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Rate François Truffaut's Films

posted 17 years ago by miran_kor
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Only his features, of course...

Sadly, I haven't seen all of them, and am VERY interested in your opinion of his work...

Please rate the films you've seen (out of 10, or 4-stars system, or 'from best to worst'), post/add your comments, recommendations, etc. ANY feedback very welcome and much appreciated. Thanks for your participation.

My humble 'impressions' (rates) is added.

Filmography (features only):

Vivement dimanche! (Confidentially Yours, 1983)
La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door, 1981) 8/10
Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro, 1980) 9/10
L'Amour en fuite (Love on the Run, 1979)
La Chambre verte (The Green Room, 1978) 9/10
L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women, 1977) 7/10
L'Argent de poche (Small Change, 1976) 7.5/10
L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H, 1975) 8/10
La Nuit américaine (Day for Night, 1973) 10/10
Une belle fille comme moi (Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me, 1972)
Les Deux anglaises et le continent (Two English Girls, 1971)
Domicile conjugal (Bed & Board, 1970) 9/10
L'Enfant sauvage (The Wild Child, 1970) 8/10
La Sirène du Mississipi (Mississippi Mermaid, 1969) 8/10
Baisers volés (Stolen Kisses, 1968) 8/10
La Mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black, 1968) 7.5/10
Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 9/10
La Peau douce (The Soft Skin, 1964) 8/10
Jules et Jim (Jules and Jim, 1962) 9/10
Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Pianist, 1960) 10/10
Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows, 1959) 10/10

P.S. - This is actually a repost from FG board (deleted long ago) and I apologize to all who already participated there. It would be really nice, if you could repeat the excercise here, in humble hope that this thread will be 'alive' a little longer. Thank you for your understanding. Cheers!

vivaLuis

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000007/thread/65804534

[–] afinpassing 17 years ago

I always think I've seen more Truffaut than I actually have. I suppose because when I first started out "seriously" watching movies I considered three films a good taste of a director and moved on: so I saw three Truffauts, declared him my fourth favorite director, and never looked back! haha.... Well I've had a few recent disappointing ventures with the man this year, but as soon as I return to his FNW and Doinel films I'm sure he'll be back in my good graces.

Le Dernier métro (The Last Metro, 1980) 9.5/10 -- I seem to have a strange affinity for the "subgenre" of theatrical/musical-war films? I suppose that is how I take war best, as you prefer war dramas. (Light on battle scenes is best for us both.)

L'Histoire d'Adèle H. (The Story of Adele H, 1975) 6/10 -- I don't know if it's just Adjani who bothers me, or this story, or what: but I tend to like my films histrionic, yet this one just drove me mad.

Les Deux anglaises et le continent (Two English Girls, 1971) 5/10 -- Very disappointed by the thoughtless plot development in this one...

La Peau douce (The Soft Skin, 1964) 8/10 -- Confess I really remember very little of it, but I liked it a lot at the time.

Jules et Jim (Jules and Jim, 1962) 10/10 -- a film that has been immeasurably important to me, personally and cinematically. I wrote a bit about it "way back when" (2004): http://www.vicious-trollop.com/cinematic/?p=127

Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows, 1959) 9/10

[–] suckerdwsp316 17 years ago

The 400 Blows . B+
Shoot the Piano Player . A-
Day for Night . B+

I need to brush up on my Truffaut, I know ...

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[–] miran_kor 17 years ago

Hi 'gk',
thank you very much for your rates and additional comments. Much appreciated, as always. And if I'm not sadly mistaken you had to repeat this exercise (once again). Sorry, it had to be re-done (those threads vanish one after another, LOL).

Nice to see we pretty much agree.

"La Nuit américaine (Day for Night, 1973) 9.5/10 (one of my favourites)

Les Quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows, 1959) 10/10 (perhaps his masterpiece)"

And it seems that we VERY much agree on those 2. Kudos!

P.S. - Nice to see you 'back' (or should I say nice you're STILL here). Cheers!

vivaLuis

http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000007/thread/65804534

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[–] Anasazie 17 years ago

Only 5. Might see more at some point. All down hill from number 1.

1. Les Quatre cents coups (1959) 9/10
2. Jules et Jim (1962) 7/10
3. Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 6/10
4. La Nuit américaine (1973) 5/10
5. Vivement dimanche! (1983) 4/10

"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a shining star"

[–] mcbob71 17 years ago

[1] Shoot the Piano Player- 10/10
[2] Jules and Jim- 9.5/10
[3] The 400 Blows- 9/10
[4] Fahrenheit 451- 8/10

----I feel sorry for homeless homosexuals. They have no closet to come out of.----
RIP John Reich

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[–] cpf27 16 years ago

I've only seen this:

Day for Night 8.5/10
Fahrenheit 451 6/10
Jules et Jim 10/10
Tirez sur le pianiste 8/10
Les 400 Coups 9/10

[–] Quentin_Compson 16 years ago

1.Les Quatre cents coups 9/10
2.Jules et Jim 6/10
3.Tirez sur le pianiste 6/10
4.Baisers volés 5/10
5.Les Deux anglaises et le continent 3/10