The 1959 film introduces us to the 14yearold doinel, a troubled parisian boy who skips school, eventually turning to street life and petty crime in response to neglect at home by his parents. The four features and one short nattily packaged in the adventures of antoine doinel the 400 blows, stolen kisses, bed and board, love on the run, and antoine and. It is the first film antoine absolves his mothers abuse as seen in 400 and divorces. The antoine doinel quintology by francois truffaut is a very rare example in the history of cinema. The adventures of antoine doinel captures francois truffauts alter ego played by jeanpierre leaud over the span of five films and 20 years. Jeanpierre l aud, delphine seyrig, michael lonsdale, andr falcon, daniel ceccaldi, jacques rispal, daniel boulanger, claire maurier, albert r my, guy decomble, fran ois truffaut, the adventures of antoine doinel 5 films 4disc box set les quatre cents coups antoine et co, the adventures of. The adventures of antoine doinel the movie database tmdb. And this life is tender, and poetic, and cinematically beautiful. Adventures of antoine doinel criterion collection dvdbeaver. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It also remains one of the most fruitful collaborations between actor and director in film history. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Aug 29, 2019 welcome to the criterion creeps podcast.
The adventures of antoine doinel dvd king county library. The criterion edition of lamour en fuite features the following specifications and special features. Truffauts first feature was the 400 blows 1959, in which doinel is a boy who turns to petty crime in the face of neglect at home and hard times at a reform school. Francois truffauts doinel series of films which trace the adventures of its likable but slightly neurotic hero, antoine doinel, make truffaut an auteur filmmaker because they. The adventures of antoine doinel archives cinema forensic. Stolen kisses 1968 stolen kisses marks the most significant tonal shift of the doinel series, picking up several years after antoine and colette in popping color. Love on the run 1979 on november 21, 2015 may 10, 2017 by erin in blogathon, film for almost a decade, francois truffaut stuck to his resolution that bed and board would be the final entry in the antoine doinel series. The films take doinel from his troubled childhood through myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements, from his stormy.
I have to admit, as a devoted lover of truffaut films, love on the run is utterly ridiculous, a film composed of flashbacks, almost a static reunion with the doinel series actors that remain alive. Format dvd, videodisc uniform series criterion collection 5. The adventures of antoine doinel is a wonderful introduction to the films of francois truffaut and especially to truffauts most famous character, antoine doinel. In truffauts debut feature, the 400 blows, he introduces us to a young boy named antoine doinel and the misadventures he leads as a troubled adolescent. The release of francois truffauts the 400 blows in 1959 shook world cinema to its foundations. Volume two essential art house 50dvd set 6 128 beauty and the beast.
The groundbreaking french new wave director francois truffaut. The adventures of antoine doinel truffaut collection 1959. Regardless, antoine and colette gave audiences one last look at an adolescent antoine doinel before his return as an adult. Jul 20, 2018 regardless, antoine and colette gave audiences one last look at an adolescent antoine doinel before his return as an adult.
No particular depictions of violence or harm to animals. The set of five films has been named the adventures of antoine doinel. Feb 08, 2018 criterions the adventures of antoine doinel boxset. Stolen kisses 1968 antoine doinel joined the army but has just been discharged. Every installment of the series is good, but none of them hold a candle to the 400 blows. The adventures of antoine doinel five films catalog search. May 02, 2003 the four features and one short nattily packaged in the adventures of antoine doinel the 400 blows, stolen kisses, bed and board, love on the run, and antoine and. A podcast hosted by two chums jarrett and rj talking about the criterion collection spine by spine in order of release.
If you havent read part 1 of this blog series, be sure to check it out here. Ultimately i think the adventures of antoine doinel is a good, but not necessarily great series. The 400 blows 1959 on november 1, 2015 august 31, 2016 by erin in blogathon, film to understand the 400 blows, its necessary to start in 1932, twentyseven years before the film premiered. The adventures of antoine doinel episode 049, the djproject criterion collection by derek power. Feb 22, 2018 bed and board, 1970 the third fulllength feature and fourth overall of antoine doinels saga takes place a few years after stolen kisses ends. The nowclassic portrait of troubled childhood introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture. Adventures of antoine doinel 5 films new classic bluray 4. The adventures of antoine doinel are five films directed by francois truffaut which star the same character, the romantic but perpetually naive antoine doinel jeanpierre leaud, from adolescence to his midthirties.
The nowclassic portrait of troubled adolescence introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary french new wave. The adventures of antoine doinel five films catalog. The adventures of antoine doinel 19591979 cinemas muse. Antoine et colette is the second film a short in fran ois truffauts series about antoine doinel, the character he follows from boyhood to adulthood through five films. Francois truffauts adventures of antoine doinel the.
Jeanpierre l aud, delphine seyrig, michael lonsdale, andr falcon. The adventures of antoine doinel dvd movie central. Now there is a set style and tone, the happenings vacillating between romantic drama and whimsical comedy, the loose narrative only reflecting traditional plot. We operated in a sort of complicity the adventures of. The films take doinel from his troubled childhood through myriad frustrations and romantic entanglements, from his stormy teens through marriage, children, divorce, and adulthood. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the. Francois truffauts doinel series of films which trace the adventures of its likable but slightly neurotic hero, antoine doinel, make truffaut an auteur filmmaker because they he had no personal vision in the sense that the auteur theory defines it.
Antoine doinel is a fictional character created by french film. With the adventures of antoine doinel, criterion is proud to present truffaut s celebrated saga in its entirety. Ghost wick nombretomado creating red links in 1 articles. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. The set of five films has been named the adventures of antoine. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Antoine doinel a poetic life in pictures a cinematic essay.
The adventures of antoine doinel changes the movie. Truffauts classic masterpiece, 400 blows, leads off this series of films showing episodes in the life of antoine doinel, starting at age and ending at 33. The adventures of antoine doinel all the tropes wiki. Its a cruel, melancholy portrait of the private sorrows of adolescence and one of the most.
The adventures of antoine doinel criterion 5 reissue, 186, 187, 188 street date april 29, 2003 99. Criterions the adventures of antoine doinel boxset. Criterion deserves high marks for this excellent box set. He is an imaginative child with an active sense of humor and not much interest in his schoolwork. Antoine is played by jeanpierre leaud in all the films, so we get to see both character and actor mature through time. Stolen kisses is simply the continuation of the adventures of antoine doinel. At each stage, doinel is played by jeanpierre leaud, who. The adventures of antoine doinel 35mm programs coral gables. The adventures of antoine doinel dvd snoisle libraries. But the 400 blows did not only introduce the world to its precocious directorit also unveiled his indelible creation.
Presents truffauts saga of antoine doinel in its entirety, following the character played by jeanpierre leaud from his stormy teens through marriage, children, divorce, and adulthood. With the adventures of antoine doinel, criterion is proud to present truffauts celebrated saga in its entirety. The adventures of antoine doinel the 400 blows 1959 antoine and colette 1962. This film starts the adventures of antoine doinel, the epic collaboration between the director and actor which includes in total five films four features and one short. The outlines, treatments, screenplays and notes that served as the dramatic wireframe of francois truffauts first 4 antoine doinel films the last, love on the run, came after publication. Theres a reason that that original film is a classic of world cinema and that its sequels are semiobscure efforts that are probably best left for. The adventures of antoine doinel 19591979 where written and directed by francois truffaut and they starred jeanpierre leaud.
Antoines love dilemmas are no longer on the run in love on the run. New digital transfer of lamour en fuite, in the original theatrical aspect ratio. Antoine jeanpierre leaud and christine claude jade are a married couple now, expecting their first child. Volume one essential art house 50dvd set 7 250 a night to remember. Adventures of antoine doinel 5 films new classic bluray. The adventures of antoine doinel the 400 blows, stolen kisses. Doinel is essentially truffauts cinematic counterpart, as the director wrote the film to be semiautobiographical. The 1959 film introduces us to the 12yearold doinel, who runs away, eventually turning to street life and petty crime in response to neglect. The adventures of antoine doinel the criterion collection.
Its a cruel, melancholy portrait of the private sorrows of. Bed and board, 1970 the third fulllength feature and fourth overall of antoine doinels saga takes place. The 400 blows, by far the most famous film in the series, portrays antoine doinel as twelveyearold boy. Doinel, truffauts alter ego, quickly converts from tragic hero to gentle bourgeois comedian, though he remains a lost soul, victim of a thwarted romantic. Five films featuring the enthusiastic, melancholic, and hopelessy romantic trouble maker antoine doinel, played by jeanpierre leaud. The adventures of antoine doinel are five films directed by francois truffaut which star the same character, the romantic but perpetually naive antoine doinel, from adolescence to his midthirties. The nowclassic portrait of troubled childhood introduced a major new director in the cinematic landscape and was an inaugural gesture of the revolutionary french new wave. Sep, 20 ultimately i think the adventures of antoine doinel is a good, but not necessarily great series. I had often thought of filming a sequel to the 400 blows, francois truffaut wrote in his introduction to the antoine doinel screenplays, but. The adventures of antoine doinel all the tropes wiki fandom. Doinel is to a great extent an alter ego for truffaut, sharing many of the same childhood experiences, looking somewhat alike and even being mistaken for one another on the street. Jan 06, 2017 the adventures of antoine doinel are downright absorbing, funny, romantic, and historic. The adventures of antoine doinel the release of francois truffauts the 400 blows in 1959 shook world cinema to its foundations.
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