tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post6963917272519024450..comments2023-08-01T09:20:49.475-04:00Comments on Wide Screen World: The 400 BlowsRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-10840177494946865492011-12-30T23:36:09.668-05:002011-12-30T23:36:09.668-05:00I didn't even realize Leaud was still around a...I didn't even realize Leaud was still around and still acting until recently.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-2549280045548436932011-12-30T13:55:29.918-05:002011-12-30T13:55:29.918-05:00Yep, several of them. I think there's five. I&...Yep, several of them. I think there's five. I've seen the first two, and really intend to see the other three sometime very soon.Johnhttp://tdylf.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-38496334156717005462011-12-30T11:15:27.538-05:002011-12-30T11:15:27.538-05:00Thanks. in the process of writing this, I saw that...Thanks. in the process of writing this, I saw that Truffaut and Leaud made sequels to 'Blows,' so maybe I'll check those out too at some point.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-24412528152891096122011-12-30T10:16:28.657-05:002011-12-30T10:16:28.657-05:00What I love most about 400 Blows is all of the fil...What I love most about 400 Blows is all of the film conventions that Truffaut broke when making it, and yet he did so subtly, in ways that you can barely notice. The absurdly long tracking shot at the end, tiny blips in which which the film is (purposely) spliced incongruently when his mom is speaking, the camera drifting away from Antoine as he speaks, the freeze frame at the end... Most of that stuff was revolutionary at the time (maybe all of it?). The incongruent splicing was something he duplicated in Shoot the Piano Player.<br /><br />Great review!Johnhttp://tdylf.comnoreply@blogger.com