well, I sure don’t qualify!
well, I sure don’t qualify!
Sorry, this is Ingmar Bergman territory.
If Bergman were on Auteurs he’d join this thread/club…. Just saying.
Only criteria that I can check on the list is #4, atleast 4 of his films are my favorites.
I don’t qualify for this club. If I read some books, I might be able to qualify for the Rivettaurists and Godardists.
I qualify for (1), (3) and (4). I do not have any idea what (2) might be, but I visited his grave in Paris. Does that count as a substitute?
;-)
Ok, I just looked (2) up. Now I know.
i didnt even know he directed more than 15 films.
and on that note, i didnt know he wrote more than 3 books.
i have no idea what his middle name is, couldnt care less, and im in love with no man, on an artistic level or otherwise.
when you slacken up the rules, let me know. i’ll be waiting.
I sure don’t qualify either. I have seen more than thirteen of his films for sure, but they didn’t impress me at all, except perhaps for “The 400 Blows” and “The Soft Skin”. I also admire his work on “The Green Room”, a very underrated work of his.
Truffaut’s work on cinema analysis is far better than his work as a director(I will get sued for that, I know, but I’ve been dying to say it).
From 1970-1975, Truffaut was one of the three or four greatest directors in the world: Bed & Board, Two English Girls and The Story of Adele H. are staggering and underappreciated masterpieces.
its the opposite, i think. truffaut’s work as a director is far better than his work as a critic. far more interesting to me, at least.
and i think “the soft skin” is incredibly underrated. thats a brilliant film that not many people talk about. i put it right up there, standing alongside his best works like “400 blows” and “jules & jim”.
“From 1970-1975, Truffaut was one of the three or four greatest directors in the world”
i can name more,not all famous directors have masterpieces in their suitcases…
let’s be serious around here,i really dig Truffaut as much as i dig Bunuel and Hitchcock but for the love of Artemis,not even them have made perfect movies all the time,let’s get over this academic banality!!!
From this thread, I have learned that I must see The Soft Skin. I thought The 400 Blows was excellent and Jules and Jim pretty good, but I found Day for Night somewhat tedious and too polite and have since not planned on seeing any Truffaut.
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let’s be serious around here,i really dig Truffaut as much as i dig Bunuel and Hitchcock but for the love of Artemis,not even them have made perfect movies all the time,let’s get over this academic banality!!!
Who said Truffaut made perfect movies all the time? What is this academic banality you refer to?
I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member.
the easiest way to start good, lengthy conversations on here is to discuss “canonized” directors. truffaut, hitchcock, bunuel. its the best way to find common ground. i also dont like banality, and seeing multiple threads on kubrick or bergman over and over again. but there you have it. it is what it is.
I like saying his name. Sounds so cool…
Underappreciated, Gringo?
I would say overpraised.
Edwin- You have a lot to learn about the critical reception of Truffaut’s films.
High five Gringo! It’s nice to see someone else who so appreciates Bed and Board and Two English Girls. I haven’t yet seen Adele H. though.
Gringo-I’m an avid reader of Positif,Cahiers du Cinema and Premiere magazine, which are highly important French revues about cinema.
I also own a lot of old issues, with contain a lot of Truffaut reviews, and they’re all pretty positive.
Truffaut was highly regarded as a genius when he was alive. He won 10 Cesars for his film Le Dernier Metro and was nominated Best Director more than 6 times during these awards. Adele H. received enormous praise, so did Two English Girls who was considered to be Truffaut’s finest film by a lot of critics.
He’s a national hero in France and every film of his is considered a classic.Even in Lebanon, every idiot on the street knows who is Francois Truffaut and what his name stands for. You don’t have to be a cinephile to have heard Truffaut’s name, unlike names like Antonioni, Robbe-Grillet or Ozu.
I don’t see why his films are underappreciated, they’re all but.
Gringo-I’m an avid reader of Positif,Cahiers du Cinema which are highly important French revues about cinema.
The you should know those two mags did not like Truffaut 1970-1975.
Adele H. received enormous praise
From Pauline Kael. The international reaction was much less positive. Now you never see the film mnetioned as among Truffaut’s best.
so did Two English Girls who was considered to be Truffaut’s finest film by a lot of critics.
Name them.
I don’t see why his films are underappreciated, they’re all but.
The three films I mentioned are underappreciated. Truffaut in general has taken a critical nosedive since his death.
Sandwiches———HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Yay for Groucho Marx!!!!
Sandwiches———HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
Yay for Groucho Marx!!!!
Always double-posting
I qualify for #1 and almost for #3.
Somehow I think you inhibited all fruitful conversation by making a list of requirements.
I will agree with Gringo Tex on The Story of Adele H., which I thought was fantastic. I’m also pretty big on The While Child. It almost seems that Truffaut was only able to truly shine once he was removed from the trappings of the New Wave. That said, I do love The 400 Blows.
“The you should know those two mags did not like Truffaut 1970-1975.”
so what?
JAEGER INKMAN
Let’s be friends and have fun and talk all things Truffaut and be happy.
But….
But…
Attaining a Truffaut license requires all of the following criteria:
1) Must have watched at least 15 of his films and are itching to watch more.
2) Must know his middle name.
3) Must have at least 3 of his books (including the critically essential ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’.)
4) Must be in love with the man, rest his soul, on an artistic level.
The first rule of the Truffaurist Club is….