From: blksheep67
Date: Mon Aug 29 16:43:51 MST 2005
Subject: Pass on Truffaut's 400 Blows

Pass on François Truffaut's 400 blows (les quatre cents coups). There are better Truffaut, French or other international films to see. Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 and Wild Child (L'Enfant Sauvage) are better. My all time favorite's are Bergman's Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet)which is not to be confused with Demi Moore's 7th Sign. and Kurosawa's Ran are excellent. Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette) is also a good choice. Yves Robert's My Mother's Castle (Le Château de ma mère) and My Father's Glory (La Gloire de mon père) are very good as well. Excellent French films with Gérard Depardieu include Daniel Vigne's Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre), Giuseppe Tornatore's Pure Formality (Una Pura formalità), Bruno Nuytten's Camille Claudel, Claude Berri's Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring (Manon des sources). Ok I'm just going on and on now but trust me (remember Rod's sermon). These are excellent choices. I may need to blog a section on good international (and a few domestic) films. There are excellent international films that U.S. studios rip off and remake. Casa Video on Speedway and Country Club had the best selection but I haven't been there since I moved out to the Marana area.

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