Talk:François Truffaut

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Contents 1 No subject 2 Middle name 3 Quote 4 Filmography format

[edit] No subject

Why are the articles after the tittle ?

Paste job from some other source, I guess. I'm changing it now. --KQ 01:34 Jan 5, 2003 (UTC)

Hi, thank you very much I feel to lazy to do that ;) It's good to "see" you again. User:Ericd

Thanks, I've been on vacation for three weeks. Refreshing. I hope your holiday was good, too.  :-) --KQ

Nuit américaine = Day for Night ? Is that correct translation ? This is a method to shoot night scenes by day using filters and under-exposures. This might be a good stub ? User:Ericd

Yes, that part of it would. Much of Insomnia was shot day for night (the Pacino one, at least)? --KQ

It's maybe not the "correct" translation exactly, but it's what the film was released as in the UK and (I assume) the US, so it's right in this context, yes. --Camembert

Small Change is certainly not the correct translation either (thank Steven Spielberg for that one). --KQ

not strictly exact but close from the french title in fact the english may well be better User:Ericd

Of course but I'm interrested in what's the exact name of the technical process for both reasons the technical process can be a good stub and feel to write something about the film.

I love Truffaut and I have some affair with "Les studios de la Victorine" :) User:Ericd

[edit] Middle name

An anon changed FT's middle name from Roland to Maximus. Someone reverted while I was busily checking that F Roland T has few google hits while F Maximus T has one. Someone who knows might want to check. Martinp 04:02, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Since anon has been going around adding "Maximus" to many Wiki articles, safe to assume is pure vanadalism. Martinp 04:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote

Can someone confirm the quote "Truffaut reported that his film The 400 Blows (1959) was largely autobiographical." with a source?

Yeah, I thought he stated the reverse.

I don't know if he said the opposite, the two show correlation. But a quote is only as valuable as its source.

[edit] Filmography format

At this point it seems like everyone everyone except Machocarioca prefers the longer tables, which allow for the English and French titles and notes. The smaller tables would be fine on individual film titles such as is done for David Lean and Stanley Kubrick's films for example. Rather than repeatedly reverting, which can get you banned, present your case here on the talk page. Doctor Sunshine talk 21:02, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

• I'm not reverting. I created the templates and just you and some other are reverting what I placed. You are the usar who is reverting here. All the notes you cited are inside the film articles itselves.

My point is: these templates are coolest, cleanest and ease the navigation. As the old format is not an obligation, but a suggestion - there's not a rule abouit it and I think it is horrible looking - I made the change and it costed me a lot of time and work, including fixing old links and creating film articles that there weren't. Please do not revert again, the banned here can be you. Machocarioca 05:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)Machocarioca

I appreciate that you've put so much work into it but the thing to remember is that just as much work went into the table that you deleted. In fact, within the last 50 edits to this page you've deleted it 6 times. Now, the full table contains a lot of useful information that can all be viewed all on one page instead of clicking through 20 different articles to see it, it's more clear, and, most importantly, it's favoured by consensus—which is a rule. Here's the good news, all the work you did on the template can still be put to use. It can be moved to the template namespace and with a little modification will be suitable to be appended to all of Truffaut's directorial efforts. To see what I mean, take a look at the bottom of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. It's perfect for that. I'd be happy to help you set it up. Doctor Sunshine talk 20:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I saw that, looks great. Could you do the job for us? ( i'm in a hurry here right now!)Machocarioca 07:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)Machocarioca

I have restored the lists in the article and added the Truffaut template to the foot of the page, as suggested by Doctor Sunshine - Grammarian 22:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)