Tag Archives: Criterion

A Week of Truffaut: The 400 Blows

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Daniel Bergamini

When it premiered at the 1959 Cannes International Film Festival, Truffaut’s The 400 Blows signalled several cinematic firsts: first film by then critic Francois Truffaut, first film to star Jean-Pierre Leaud, and arguably the most important, the first film in … Continue reading →

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A Week of Truffaut

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Daniel Bergamini

In the 50’s and 60’s controversial French New Wave filmmaker Francois Truffaut challenged both filmmaking and politics in France, eventually changing filmmaking across the world. The year before his first feature film The 400 Blows was critically acclaimed at the … Continue reading →

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Have You Really Seen That Film?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Daniel Bergamini

When I put Criterion‘s recent release of The Red Shoes in my DVD player, I was instantly mesmerized by the quality of the transfer. It looked as if it had just been made. The quality of the transfer directly influenced … Continue reading →

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Criterion Review: The Red Shoes (1948)

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Daniel Bergamini

“Sorrow will pass, believe me. Life is so unimportant. And from now onwards, you will dance like nobody ever before.” -Boris Lermontov I said in a previous post, that when it comes to film, the term classic gets thrown around … Continue reading →

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