



Criterion to Release Francois Truffaut's Day for Night Posted May 7, 2015 05:28 PM by



Lee Kline, Technical Director at The Criterion Collection, has confirmed that Francois Truffaut's Oscar winning film La nuit américaine a.k.a. Day for Night (1973) is currently being restored with the assistance of its director of photography, Pierre-William Glenn.



Kline confirmed that the film is being restored in an interview for The A.V. Club.



At the moment, however, there isn't a preliminary release date for an upcoming Blu-ray release.



In the United States, Day for Night was previously released on DVD by Warner Bros. You can see our listing of this release here.



Synopsis: The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, trade unions threaten to walk, shooting must finish before the insurance lapses and a cat can't hit its mark. Is this any way to make a film? Mais oui!



Day For Night is Francois Truffaut's sly, humorous bouquet to movies and the people who make them, the Oscar-winning Best Foreign Language Film (1973) that speaks the language of everyone who loves movies. Featuring Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Valentina Cortese, Truffaut and others in an appealing ensemble, laced with incidents from Truffaut's life and set to Georges Delerue's exhilarating score, Day For Night is day-or-night joy.



Note: A direct link to The A.V. Club interview is included at the bottom of this article.









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Top contributor spintotenore May 07, 2015 I am very happy to know that Criterion will release La nuit americaine on Blu-ray. Many of Truffaut's films deserve the "Criterion Treatment", and this may be at the top of the list!

Brad1963 May 07, 2015 Fantastic. I've been waiting patiently for it. atcolomb May 07, 2015 My favorite Truffaut film and i hope Two English Girls will be next...great news! nitin May 07, 2015 amazing news.



My head explodes with the possibilities of what could happen if Warner started licensing out titles it has no intention of releasing on blu tiself. Dwigt May 07, 2015 Criterion is also taking care of The French Lieutenant's Woman, as revealed in the same interview. Erik Morton May 07, 2015 . . . . . . . a WARNER BROS. title?!?!?!?!?



*swoon* dkelly26666 May 07, 2015 "Badlands" was a Warner title. I believe Criterion is also planning Bertolucci's "The Sheltering Sky", as well. Hot damn, if they could get Kurosawa's "Dreams", too! And, of course, the other one that everyone is already thinking of... (Hint: Ollie burned at the stake)... Erik Morton May 07, 2015 I was always under the impression that 'Badlands' was a fluke due to a special deal that Malick himself played a part in. Besides, that disc came out two years ago now, and there hash't been a WB peep since. Hopefully this means Criterion can get all those OOP Warner titles like 'Dead Ringers', 'The Harder They Come' and 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'! henry001 May 07, 2015 Unfortunately, Day for Night is one of the most boring movie Truffaut had ever made. Criterion should have chosen the better movie that are not available in blu ray yet, or why not release more Bresson titles for example.



Artificial Eye already did excellent jobs for doing justice to Truffaut in my opinion.

pedromvu May 08, 2015 @henry001 like every title criterion releases, if it is boring or not is a matter of opinion, but i could easily argue that Day for Night is considered one of Truffaut masterpieces so you would be in the minority, and at least it is not a film already available on blu since this wasn't part of Artificial Eye output, of course a new Bresson, Buñuel or Powell among many more would be great but we have to get there little by little.

Jim_A May 08, 2015 ... Wow. :O

ilovenola2 May 08, 2015 "Day for Night" is simply one of the very finest films made about "making films." Superb---- with a stunning opening sequence. Can't wait!

monkeyjb1988 May 08, 2015 Great news. I love this movie

aquagroove May 08, 2015 Such a good film!!!!

vegasranger May 08, 2015 I've been waiting years for this. One of the best films ever !!

starman15317 May 08, 2015 Nice! Great film!

PaddyMcAloon May 08, 2015 Finally! Day one! Sinjin333 May 09, 2015 This is a wonderful film and I'm glad Criterion is the one issuing the blue ray. NOW: "Two English Girls" an elegant, bitter-sweet romance if there was ever one, with a modern edge. Apparently it has been tied up in all sorts of legal wrangles for years.......... isn't it time for resolution? Does anybody know? It certainly could use reupholstering and blu ray!!!!!

aquagroove May 09, 2015 The Warner France Blu-ray releases of this film had 'no' English subtitles; surely Criterion wouldn't be so dumb??

chmajcriterion May 10, 2015 can Criterion release this The Adventures of Antoine Doinel blu ray treatment?

ilovenola2 May 27, 2015 @Sinjin333-- The original film was a polyglot of languages in its original release. I remember seeing it a couple of times in the theatre---- subtitled in English when appropriate. Later I saw an "English-dubbed" version and the flavor of that "international" film set became flat.

I can't imagine Criterion not being certain to present the film properly. It's simply one of the best visions of how a motion picture is made.

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