The 400 Blows Comments

  • Abdullah 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    Truffaut kicks off a new wave with the story of this rebellious troubled teenager (and basically himself). At 16, I still resonate with this story. In terms of film, the filming is calm and concise, very documentary, and the use of long shots is great, but I think the breakthrough is not as good as Godard, so the sense of subversion it brings is not as heavy as Godard. I don’t know if it’s my own. question?...

  • Dejuan 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The long-respected French film New Wave pioneering work is Truffaut's debut feature film and a gift to the deceased Bazin. Move the camera to the street. What is now mundane was innovative back then. The use of several long lenses is still quite amazing. But in the film is still relatively rigid, and there is no Steadicam technology in the year, it is more outstanding and different. Of course, Orson Welles played better and...

  • Kris 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Still like Joey in Little Fugitives, if the film's focus was on the educational system, parenting failures might be more...

  • Zack 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    This is the power~~ strong inner strength~~ and the turtle style qigong that finally...

  • Carolyne 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The last long shot is the...

  • Chase 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The details and background are explained in a very clean way, so that people can face Antoine's plight in a real way. The two slaps that were caught off guard seem to be brushed on their faces, and the joyful happiness in the cramped car seems to belong to them. On this basis, the advancement of the plot and the implicit critical position are all natural. Not sure how Truffaut did it. Truly...

  • Edgardo 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    There are always people who associate this film with "Zero Points of Conduct", but apart from the child's rebellious character and the long shot of the teacher leading the way, I can't see the place to pay tribute. After all, it is standing on the shoulders of the predecessors. This one is better, better, and more than "Zero...

  • Pedro 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Truffaut, forgive my absent-mindedness. Those two last long shots are really amazing. The key is that he didn't go straight to the sea in the end, but turned...

  • Karelle 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    Four hundred times, if you don't obey, you will be...

  • Adolfo 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    A rebellious teenager with an unstoppable freedom. Facing the sea, there is an even more boundless dilemma behind it. The beautiful scenery of Paris, the long shot, the moving soundtrack, the new...

Extended Reading
  • Remington 2022-03-24 09:01:51

    A Portrait of the Artist as an Adolescence

    Some notes about this movie
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    Les Quatre Cents Coups is a movie about a boy's journey/quest. This theme inevitably reminds people of James Joyce and Ulysses.

    In fact, Les Quatre Cents Coups echoes James Joyce's short story "Araby" in many ways, though the boy in the...

  • Clara 2022-04-23 07:02:04

    The moon does not understand the shadow drinker with me

    The film begins by stating that the film is dedicated to Andre Bazin. In 1958, André Bazin died young, failing to see his follower Truffaut's debut, "The Four Hundred Strikes," come out in 1959 and win the Palme d'Or. This is a movie in which many shots in the film are full of deep meanings related...

The 400 Blows quotes

  • Gilberte Doinel: He's a liar!

    Julien Doinel: Like you!

    Gilberte Doinel: If you raised him right...

    Julien Doinel: Shit! I gave him a name! I feed him!

    Gilberte Doinel: I'm sick of your complaints! Fed up! If you can't stand him, say so. We'll put him in an orphanage so I can have some peace!

  • Julien Doinel: You don't seem surprised.

    Gilberte Doinel: Should I be? Nothing that boy does surprises me.

The 400 Blows

Director: François Truffaut

Language: French,English Release date: November 16, 1959