Category "the-400-blows"

Was "The 400 Blows" influenced by "The Catcher in the Rye"?

Truffaut's The 400 Blows is considered by many to be the first film of the French New Wave, and somewhat autobiographical, and Truffaut has been quoted as sayin

How did Antoine get to the sea in the The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups)?

In the final scenes of The 400 Blows (Les Quatre Cents Coups), we see Antoine run to the sea having escaped from his detention center. However, before, when Ren

Is Patrick Melrose referencing The 400 Blows?

Not a Truffaut expert, but the main thing I remember from the The 400 Blows is lots of shots of the kid running through fields. (Tracking shots, if memory serve