truffaut

bonjour, tout le monde.

i'm here because you all like francois truffaut. and because no one wants to talk (rather listen) to me about this. i wonder if you've all seen the wes anderson commercial already? i did and it bothered me. at what point does homage become an-unoriginal-idea-for-no-other-sake? he makes truffaut references a lot and that's fine, i loved the royal tenenbaums and i love his style, but what's the point of copying day for night?

what do the rest of you think?
watch it here if you haven't seen it

some nice quotes from the book of the collected correspondance of francois (i checked it out from my school's library forever ago and i've been reading it on and off for months):

"if you spend your life travelling, the time must pass quite quickly, more so in any case than when you're studying."
age 19

"my plans? you ask me what my plans are. i don't have any except to pick up my life where it left off, any old job that pays, my books, movies, theatre (i'm going to go much more often) and music. but, alas, you won't be there. it makes me awfully sad, you know...never will i be as close to anyone as i was to you."
age 18

"one doesn't choose one's memories, insignificant moments remain etched in the mind, all of which means that, no matter how annoyed you are, and i can well understand how you might be, let's not fall out, we just have to work everything out..."
18

"i think too much, it tires me out."
18

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as part of a series celebreating mary france pisier, the fiaf in new york city is screening love on the run (l'amour en fuite) and antoine et colette on Setpember 20th at 12:30, 4, 7pm. more info here. be there or be square.

masculine feminine

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Happy holidays. :)

salut!

i was in new york city over the weekend and picked up a lovely book.



i flipped out when i found it sitting on a table. i was looking at a book by the same company for antonini and thought "they should make a book like this for truffaut". and alas, they did. it has a ton of pictures, quotes, insight, analysis and covers every single film. there's a really interesting part about consistent themes and visual motifs in all the movies. it's here on amazon. well worth the $20 i'd say.

bonjour tout le monde.

thanks to testpatern for telling us about the leaud festival in paris this month. more info here.

ah, how i wish i were in paris right now...

anything else going on?