Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: April 8, 2014
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jean-Pierre Léaud is Antoine Doinel in Truffaut's The 400 Blows.
The unforgettable 1959 debut feature by François Truffaut (Jules and Jim), The 400 Blows is a wrenchingly personal coming-of-age drama that introduced the character that would become the director’s lifelong cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud, La Vie de Boheme).
With the utmost sensitivity, The 400 Blows dramatizes the trials of Truffaut’s own difficult childhood, characterized by aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime.
The 400 Blows marks its maker’s official transition from influential critic to one of Europe’s most brilliant auteurs, and is considered one of the first true works of the French New Wave.
Presented in French with English subtitles, Criterion’s Blu-ray/DVD Combo edition of the film contains the following features:
• High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Two audio commentaries,...
Price: Blu-ray/DVD Combo $39.95
Studio: Criterion
Jean-Pierre Léaud is Antoine Doinel in Truffaut's The 400 Blows.
The unforgettable 1959 debut feature by François Truffaut (Jules and Jim), The 400 Blows is a wrenchingly personal coming-of-age drama that introduced the character that would become the director’s lifelong cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud, La Vie de Boheme).
With the utmost sensitivity, The 400 Blows dramatizes the trials of Truffaut’s own difficult childhood, characterized by aloof parents, oppressive teachers, and petty crime.
The 400 Blows marks its maker’s official transition from influential critic to one of Europe’s most brilliant auteurs, and is considered one of the first true works of the French New Wave.
Presented in French with English subtitles, Criterion’s Blu-ray/DVD Combo edition of the film contains the following features:
• High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
• Two audio commentaries,...
- 1/27/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Les Quatre Cents Coups / The 400 Blows (1959) Direction: François Truffaut Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, Claire Maurier, Albert Rémy, Georges Flamant Screenplay: François Truffaut and Marcel Moussy Oscar Movies Jean Pierre Léaud, The 400 Blows By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica: In 1959, a pair of newly released French films were instantly hailed as classics, going on to become the twin pillars of the Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave. One, Jean-Luc Godard's À bout de souffle / Breathless, was bad; the other, François Truffaut's Les quatre cents coups / The 400 Blows, was good. But despite their reputation, neither film can be called great cinema. That said, Truffaut's film is far better than Godard's because it mostly avoids overt clichés, even as the screenplay — the film's weakest element, written by Truffaut and Marcel Moussy — often bogs down in purposelessness. Like Godard, Truffaut shot his film in black and white, [...]...
- 3/18/2011
- by Dan Schneider
- Alt Film Guide
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0 Chicago – The Criterion Collection continues its foray into the world of HD with one of the most beloved directors of all time, taking a film already in the collection and giving it the HD treatment while simultaneously releasing a new edition of one of his later films. The legend is Francois Truffaut and the films are “The 400 Blows” and “The Last Metro”.
The “continuing series of important classic and contemporary films” has long-included “The 400 Blows” but this marks the first time that the film has been available on Blu-Ray. Criterion just started doing Blu-Ray and they are wisely alternating bringing some of their most popular films to the format along with issuing new releases on it.
The 400 Blows was released on Blu-Ray on March 24th, 2009.
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
“The 400 Blows” is actually Truffaut’s first film. Released in 1959, this classic...
The “continuing series of important classic and contemporary films” has long-included “The 400 Blows” but this marks the first time that the film has been available on Blu-Ray. Criterion just started doing Blu-Ray and they are wisely alternating bringing some of their most popular films to the format along with issuing new releases on it.
The 400 Blows was released on Blu-Ray on March 24th, 2009.
Photo credit: Courtesy of the Criterion Collection
“The 400 Blows” is actually Truffaut’s first film. Released in 1959, this classic...
- 3/26/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Jean-Pierre Leaud in The 400 Blows
Photo: Criterion Collection Blu-ray via DVD Beaver I debated on writing individual reviews for Criterion's Blu-ray releases of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro, both hitting store shelves on March 24, but I couldn't help believe director Francois Truffaut is just as interesting as the films he made, if not more interesting. It was that angle I wanted to bring to my commentary and I didn't see how that would be possible or helpful to the reader if broken up into two parts. Before receiving my review copies of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro I already owned 400 Blows as well as Truffaut's Jules and#038; Jim on DVD as part of my Janus Collection, but I had not watched either. I was a Truffaut virgin and had actually held off watching 400 Blows since owning the collection because I knew the Blu-ray would be...
Photo: Criterion Collection Blu-ray via DVD Beaver I debated on writing individual reviews for Criterion's Blu-ray releases of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro, both hitting store shelves on March 24, but I couldn't help believe director Francois Truffaut is just as interesting as the films he made, if not more interesting. It was that angle I wanted to bring to my commentary and I didn't see how that would be possible or helpful to the reader if broken up into two parts. Before receiving my review copies of The 400 Blows and The Last Metro I already owned 400 Blows as well as Truffaut's Jules and#038; Jim on DVD as part of my Janus Collection, but I had not watched either. I was a Truffaut virgin and had actually held off watching 400 Blows since owning the collection because I knew the Blu-ray would be...
- 3/24/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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