Day for night [DVD video] = La nuit americaine

The leading lady is recovering from a nervous breakdown, another performer is soused on the set, 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?

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1973.

Film rating provided from IMDB.com web page for film and may not be present on container packaging.

Special features: Disc 1: New 2K digital restoration; New English subtitle translation; Trailer. Disc 2: Dreams of cinema (video essay by filmmaker ::kogonada explores the layers of the film); Dudley Andrew (film professor discusses the quarrel between François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard); "Day for night": an appreciation (2003 documentary, film scholar Annette Insdorf discusses the film); Truffaut: a view from the inside (1973 behind-the-scenes documentary from the set of the film); Interviews: François Truffaut, Pierre-William Glenn, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Bernard Menez, Dani, Yann Dedet, Martine Barraqué; Archival footage: Truffaut shoots Day and night, "On Day and night", Truffaut at the National Society of Film Critics. Plus: an essay on container insert "Are movies magic?" by film scholar David Cairns.

Performers:

Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Alexandra Stewart, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean Champion, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut, Nike Arrighi, Nathalie Baye, Maurice Seveno, David Markham, Bernard Menez, Gaston Joly, Zénaïde Rossi, Xavier Macary, Marc Boyle, Walter Bal, J.F. Stevenin, Pierre Zucca.

Contents:

disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Supplements.

Technical Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.

Subject Term:

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Drama.

Motion picture producers and directors -- Drama.

Motion picture industry -- Drama.

Actors -- Drama.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Fiction films.