Talk:François Truffaut

Problem in the chart for Academy Awards
Someone with more experience than myself needs to fix the issue in the chart for STOLEN KISSES and DAY FOR NIGHT. It did NOT win for KISSES, only DAY FOR NIGHT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:7800:9F15:C16:1050:B50F:8ACE (talk) 00:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

No subject
Why are the articles after the tittle ?


 * Paste job from some other source, I guess. I'm changing it now.  --KQ 01:34 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)

Hi, thank you very much I feel to lazy to do that ;) It's good to "see" you again. User:Ericd
 * Thanks, I've been on vacation for three weeks. Refreshing.  I hope your holiday was good, too.  :-)  --KQ

Nuit américaine = Day for Night ? Is that correct translation ? This is a method to shoot night scenes by day using filters and under-exposures. This might be a good stub ? User:Ericd
 * Yes, that part of it would. Much of Insomnia was shot day for night (the Pacino one, at least)?  --KQ
 * It's maybe not the "correct" translation exactly, but it's what the film was released as in the UK and (I assume) the US, so it's right in this context, yes. --Camembert
 * Small Change is certainly not the correct translation either (thank Steven Spielberg for that one). --KQ
 * not strictly exact but close from the french title in fact the english may well be better User:Ericd
 * Of course but I'm interrested in what's the exact name of the technical process for both reasons the technical process can be a good stub and feel to write something about the film.

I love Truffaut and I have some affair with "Les studios de la Victorine" :) User:Ericd

"Nuit américaine" literally translates as "american night" which is the technical jargon (in France) for shooting movie exteriors during the day to look like the night. The same jargon on UK and US film sets is "day for night" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.233.131.60 (talk) 12:25, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Middle name
An anon changed FT's middle name from Roland to Maximus. Someone reverted while I was busily checking that F Roland T has few google hits while F Maximus T has one. Someone who knows might want to check. Martinp 04:02, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Since anon has been going around adding "Maximus" to many Wiki articles, safe to assume is pure vanadalism. Martinp 04:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I have never edited anything on Wikipedia before, but it was Andre Bazin, not Truffaut, who came up with the auteur theory (le politique des auteurs). Truffaut spent a good part of his teen years in and out of juvenile detention centers (read Dan Allen on Truffaut from the B.F.I. Cinema One film book collection.) Indeed, Four Hundred Blows is based on his early childhood experiences. he credited Bazin for basically saving him. Bazin is the author of Qu'est-ce que sais le cinema volumes one and two and was editor of Cahiers du Cinema. 69.203.84.120 (talk) 19:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Quote
Can someone confirm the quote "Truffaut reported that his film The 400 Blows (1959) was largely autobiographical." with a source?
 * Yeah, I thought he stated the reverse.

I don't know if he said the opposite, the two show correlation. But a quote is only as valuable as its source.

Filmography format
At this point it seems like everyone everyone except Machocarioca prefers the longer tables, which allow for the English and French titles and notes. The smaller tables would be fine on individual film titles such as is done for David Lean and Stanley Kubrick's films for example. Rather than repeatedly reverting, which can get you banned, present your case here on the talk page. Doctor Sunshine  talk  21:02, 26 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not reverting. I created the templates and just you and some other are reverting what I placed. You are the usar who is reverting here. All the notes you cited are inside the film articles itselves.

My point is: these templates are coolest, cleanest and ease the navigation. As the old format is not an obligation, but a suggestion - there's not a rule abouit it and I think it is horrible looking - I made the change and it costed me a lot of time and work, including fixing old links and creating film articles that there weren't. Please do not revert again, the banned here can be you. Machocarioca 05:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)Machocarioca


 * I appreciate that you've put so much work into it but the thing to remember is that just as much work went into the table that you deleted. In fact, within the last 50 edits to this page you've deleted it 6 times. Now, the full table contains a lot of useful information that can all be viewed all on one page instead of clicking through 20 different articles to see it, it's more clear, and, most importantly, it's favoured by consensus—which is a rule. Here's the good news, all the work you did on the template can still be put to use. It can be moved to the template namespace and with a little modification will be suitable to be appended to all of Truffaut's directorial efforts. To see what I mean, take a look at the bottom of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. It's perfect for that. I'd be happy to help you set it up. Doctor Sunshine   talk  20:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I saw that, looks great. Could you do the job for us? ( i'm in a hurry here right now!)Machocarioca 07:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Machocarioca


 * I have restored the lists in the article and added the Truffaut template to the foot of the page, as suggested by Doctor Sunshine  - Grammarian 22:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 03:24, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Facts but not substance
Somehow the article describes Truffaut and his work, but not really what his gifts were or why people were moved by his films. It states Adele H. added to his notoriety, but not why; doesn't talk about the work he got from actors, etc.--Parkwells (talk) 18:55, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Adding inline references
Hi all. I'm adding some new info and some inline references as this article doesn't have any.

after I do that I'll remove the "no inline references" notice. Cheers! Echoflame (talk) 21:21, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia sighting in Google's "Parisian Love" ad
Did anyone see Google's "Parisian Love" ad while watching this year's Super Bowl? When the American searches for information on Truffaut, a link to this article is briefly visible. :D --Ixfd64 (talk) 03:29, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Saw :) Venustas 12 (talk) 05:55, 10 February 2010 (UTC).

F77 Pronunciation?
What exactly is "F77 pronunciation"? It seems to only be used in this article and, without any kind of an explanation, comes across as either something you have to be in on the secret to know or vandalism. If it actually is relevant here, then it should be explained elsewhere in the article. (F77 redirects to Fortran -- is this a Fortran in-thing?) Motsa (talk) 15:35, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

birth anomaly
"at the age of 4 Truffaut was born in Paris" -- seems unlikely - Oniscoid (talk) 22:53, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Work/400 Blows
This portion starts out with the assumed intent of providing a brief synopsis of the film. It devolves into no more than more info on Truffaut's life. As such, it seems out of place/off topic. I thought of editing out the biographical detail, but feel something should be put in it's place. There is the temptation to assume what is offered follows the films story line. As I am not familiar with the film to add meaningful info I would hope someone else might provide some substance. Thoughts?THX1136 (talk) 21:46, 26 December 2016 (UTC)