TRUFFAUT FRANÇOIS: (1932-1984)

TRUFFAUT FRANÇOIS: (1932-1984)

TRUFFAUT FRANÇOIS: (1932-1984) French film Director. One of the main figures of the French New Wave and an icon of the French film industry. An excellent set including an A.L.S., accompanied by a Truffaut´s manuscript, being a working draft on his film La Nuit Américaine ("Day for night"), 1973. A.L.S., `François Truffaut´, one page, 4to, n.p., 17th September 1973, on his personal printed stationery with his printed full name to the upper left corner, to Madame Colette Monceau, in French. Truffaut has just presented his new film La Nuit Américaine ("Day for night"), and states `Voici donc une page d´écriture spontanée, un morceau de la nuit americ[aine]. Merci pour ce que vous me dites à propos de mon travail, le texte n´est pas daté mails il s´agit d´Octobre 1972...´ (Translation: "Here is a page of spontaneous writing, a piece of the American night. Thank you for what you tell me about my work, the text is not dated but it is October 1972...") Truffaut refers to the manuscript draft in his hand which he encloses to the letter, of two pages, 4to, being a dialogue between Bertrand, Fernand and Alphonse, with additions, crossed words, annotations and corrections for his film La Nuit Américaine ("Day for night"), Stating in part `Bertrand rentre loge (Nom sur la loge...) - Bertrand: Ah, qu´est.ce que vous pensez de la loge de votre vedette? - Fernand: elle est très bien...vraiment... il ne manque que des fleurs... - Bertrand: mais c´est prévu... vous savez cette Julie Baker, moi je l´admire autant que vous, bon, vous l´avez voulue, nous l´avons, mais si elle ne termine pas le film, on sera tous chocolats - Fernand: comment ça? - Bertrand: elle a passé la visite et le docteur des assurances a refusé de l´assurer; il l´a trouvée encore trop nerveuse, il aurait voulu qu´on retarde le tournage... - Fernand: et qu´est-ce que disent les américains? - Bertrand: heureusement ils sont plus souples que les français sur ces questions là, ils acceptent de courir le risque avec nous, mais si elle craque...´ A very interesting manuscript draft in the hand of Truffaut, written in September 1972 as he reports himself, while he was working on the film dialogues. Also including a T.L., unsigned, one page, 4to, Paris, 11th September 1973, on his personal printed stationery with his printed full name to the upper left corner, to Madame Colette Monceau, in French. The present T.L., was sent by Truffaut to his correspondent before sending her the manuscript, stating `Je n´ai pas répondu à votre lettre, parce que j´étais absent de Paris, mais aussi et surtout parce que je dois vous avouer mon ignorance: je ne commprends pas exactement que signifie l´expression "écriture spontanée". Je n´ai aucune objection à figurer dans votre ouvrage, au contraire, mais j´ai préalablement besoin de vos éclaicissements´ (Translation: "I did not respond to your letter, because I was absent from Paris, but also and above all because I must confess my ignorance: I do not understand exactly what the expression "spontaneous writing" means. I have no objection to appearing in your work, on the contrary, but I first need your clarification") Also including a 9.5 x 7 photograph, unsigned, the image showing Trufauut alongside Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Leaud, during a filming scene of La Nuit Américaine ("Day for night"), Accompanied by the two original envelopes sent by Truffaut to his correspondent, one of them addressed in his own hand. VG, 3
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La Nuit Américaine ("Day for Night), 1973, is a romantic comedy-drama film by Truffaut. The metafictional and self-reflexive film chronicles the troubled production of a melodrama, and the various personal and professional challenges of the cast and crew. The film premiered out of competition at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. A year after the film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. At the 1975 Oscars, the film was nominated for Best Director, Best original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress. The film also won three BAFTA Awards. Retrospective reviews have appraised Day for Night as one of Truffaut's best films, and one of the greatest films of all time.