Throughout the emergence of cinema, international cinema has always been dominated by Americans. After World War II, that all began to change as Europeans began to take over. The Italians begin to a new wave of neo-realism while Sweden found a hero in ...
Pros: Skillful story-telling, outstanding cinematic technique, and engaging lead performance Cons: Wallows in self-pity
Here’s another instance where I feel that I need to explain BOTH why this is a great film and why it is NOT as great as it is widely claimed to be. I’ll reserve my major criticism for later, in the “Assessment” section below, and begin ...
If ever there was a film that can stir the emotions of the viewer, than it is Francois Truffaut's "The Four Hundred Blows". This classic, semi-autobiographical film helped to usher in the French New Wave and launched Truffaut's successful and all too...
When I taught film appreciation at the high school level, one of my goals was to get my students to enjoy foreign film. I didn't want them to have an instant negative reaction the first frame an English subtitle appeared on the screen. So I used The...
Before becoming directors Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard were film critics. They wrote for La Cahiers Du Cinema, and in its pages they developed the Auter theory of film making. They pioneered the idea that the director is the author...
Pros: casting, direction, script, story, cinematography Cons: sometimes slow and talky, mother character, perhaps too sympathetic
It took the world by storm in 1959. During a decade in which American films about troubled youth concentrated on dramatics and confrontation (Rebel Without a Cause, The Wild One), The 400 Blows took a more realistic approach....
Pros: beautiful cinematography, touching story, and believable characters. Cons: A slow moving and subtle story which doesn't hit the viewer over the head with messages.
Film is, perhaps, the most engrossing and encompassing of all the visual arts. The purpose of any good film is to draw us into the life or lives of the character(s), to elicit an emotional response to what we are viewing, and to make us hungry for...
Pros: Not Only an Incredible Film But Also the Beginning of an Incredible Period in Film Cons: Nothing
And so began the French New Wave as we came to know it. With The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coup), François Truffaut jumpstarted the newly formed French New Wave, a filmmaking style of intense personal films that remained stylistically different....
Pros: Causes great introspection; interesting cinematic study, as well. Cons: Not a light movie.
Is there anyone who can't in their heart identify at least in some way with Antoine Doinel, the main character in "400 Blows"? This is the question that I find myself asking whenever I see this movie, because even though I definitely wouldn't...
Pros: Revolutionary French film Cons: Fod Lorber DVD has poor quality
I first saw 400 Blows in a film appreciation class in college. The professor was a huge Kubrick fan so I was surprised to see this film included in his class syllabus.
400 Blows is truly a classic of the French cinema period. The story of a...
Pros: The realism, style and class of a major directing talent Cons: A black and white film
Francois Truffaut's first successful film, following his noteworthy career as the firebrand film critic from Cahiers du Cinema, is also the first film I am aware of to treat children seriously as people in their own right. Antoine Doinel, Truffaut's...
Pros: One of the greatest films ever made. Cons: Sequels don't live up to the original.
Les Quatre Cents Coups is a watershed film in cinema history. It is a landmark of the French New Wave and marks the launching of the career of the great Francois Truffaut. The honesty which Truffaut brings to this story and his avoidance of...
Pros: extremely intelligent, but intimate and sensitive Cons: may require patience
I saw this movie as an attempt to broaden my scope of movies I've seen and to get a better sense of what has happened in the past with movies. This was the first Truffaut that I've seen.
Francois Truffaut's first full length movie helped to launch the French New Wave, with its unique style of hand held and low budget, Truffaut opened the door for his friends such as Godard and Rohmer (Chabrol made his first movie before Truffaut). ...
Pros: Great cinematography, engaging story, perfect acting Cons: Can't think of any
The 400 Blows is as perfect a movie as you will ever see. Francois Truffaut's first film, also regarded as the first film of the French New Wave, showcases his mastery of the medium. As the story is loosely autobiographical, and Truffaut identified...
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