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blooper left in the film?

posted 19 years ago by seanmwhelan
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Has anybody else noticed a possible blooper that was left in the film. It's in the scene where a client of the private detectives starts going crazy in the office and starts tearing things up. They get the Dentist from upstairs to assist in calming him down and it's just as the dentist is leading him out of the office when the actor Jean-Pierre Léaud suddenly trips over something and falls out of frame. You can see quite clearly the Dentist trying not to laugh and even the 'crazy' client too almost cracks up.

[–] patrickbois 19 years ago

I think the reason why they left it in the movie is because of the lunacy of the scene. There is a tendency to laugh after one has overpowered another. In fact, one can afford to laugh. Also, the crazy client started sobbing uncontrollably, which is also laughable. Yet, when I saw it, I knew that the dentist was laughing at Antoine.

[–] New-Imiji 18 years ago

I noticed it too and thought it was pretty hilarious. I think that's why they left it in the scene I mean, picture it, you are holding back this crazy guy and then suddenly one of the people near your falls flat on his face, pretty funny.

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[–] TimeForLime 18 years ago

I agree with most of your analysis. I liked your choice about the 'lunacy of the scene.' Especially credible because Truffaut liked to just outline many scenes and allow the actors to fill in the details -- and create the dialog.

However about the sobbing: In my opinion, not laughable, but true to life. In hysteria and in high-adrenaline situations, tears and laughter are often partners. You see at the end of GLORY ROAD the coach sits down and cries. Boxers often do this, because their unused up adrenaline is monstrous. I think the sobbing was consistent.

What's funny is the employees of the detective agency have such a view of science that only a trained DENTIST would know how to slap someone in the face. This is someone the ordinary person doesn't have the training for. This is more common in rural scenes, in both French and Italian films. Believable and hilarious at the same time.

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[–] craker30 16 years ago

It's all about Truffaut's use of the Nouvelle Vague and keeping reality in there. A scene quite crazy with the passion of a homosexual (to show that they have as much passion as a heterosexual) is contrasted with the comedy trip-up of Antoine Doinel. François Truffaut wrote in an article "La Vie est Si Courte" that life isn't purely dramatic neither purely comedic, therefore he portrays a balance in his films.

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[–] diddymuck 13 years ago

could have been a Brechtian distancing moment.

[–] linda303 13 years ago

Just re-watched the scene. So funny watching the dentist trying not to laugh!

[–] cervantes-4 9 years ago

... or a de Kooning slipping glimpse!

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[–] TheCineSinge 8 years ago

haha never saw this but just went back and there it is. Léaud practically dives out of frame - its an incredible leap!