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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Day for Night (film)}} ~~{{trope}}~~ [[File:Screen_shot_2011-04-14_at_4_06_09_PM_7950.png\|frame]] {{quote\|''“Shooting a movie is like a stagecoach trip. At first you hope for a nice ride. Then you just hope to reach your destination.”''\|'''Ferrand''' ([[Francois Truffaut]])}} '''''Day for Night''''', known originally in French as '''''La ~~Nuit~~nuit ~~Américaine~~américaine''''', is a film of French New Wave director [[Francois Truffaut\|François Truffaut]], dealing with the trials and tribulations of making a film named ''Meet Pamela'', about a woman who has an affair with his father-in-law. However, every possible complication manages to appear, putting the film in jeopardy. For the filming technique, see [[Hollywood Darkness]]. {{tropelist}} ~~=== The film provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Actor Existence Failure]]: In-universe example: {{spoiler\|Alexandre.}} * [[Art Shift]]: Ferrand’s dreams of when he was a young boy are in [[Deliberately Monochrome\|B&W]]. Line 16 ⟶ 15: * [[Cue Card]] * [[Cute Kitten]] * [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Ferrand says in one scene, “[[~~The Godfather (Film)\|~~The Godfather]] is showing all over Nice, and it's killing the other movies.” Later, this film would lose an Oscar to ''[[~~The Godfather (Film)\|~~The Godfather]], Part II''.▼ * [[Directed By Cast Member]] * [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]]: Alexandre.▼ ▲* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Ferrand says in one scene, “[[The Godfather (Film)\|The Godfather]] is showing all over Nice, and it's killing the other movies.” Later, this film would lose an Oscar to ''[[The Godfather (Film)\|The Godfather]], Part II''. * [[Man Child]]: Alphonse.{{context}} * [[May-December Romance]]: Julie and her husband, the doctor. * [[Meganekko]]: Joelle. Line 24 ⟶ 23: * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] * [[Serious Business]]: One of the central themes is the fact that for the main characters, the movies they make are more important than life itself. ▲* [[Straight Gay]]: Alexandre. * [[Troubled Production]]: In-universe example. * [[Written in-In Infirmity]]: In-universe example. One of the actresses failed to mention her pregnancy when signed to the film, and since with time it will become more pronounced, they decide to incorporate it in the movie. * [[You Fail Film School Forever]]: [[Averted Trope\|Thankfully averted]].{{context}} {{reflist}} {{BAFTA Best Film}} [[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]] [[Category:Films of the 1970s]] [[Category:Day ~~For~~for Night]] [[Category:~~Trope~~The Criterion Collection]] [[Category:Academy Award]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:BAFTA Award (Film)]] [[Category:French Cinema]] [[Category:Film]]