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Francois Truffaut’s Adventures of Antoine Doinel (The 400 Blows / Antoine & Collette / Stolen Kisses / Bed & Board / Love on the Run) - Criterion Collection
The Adventures of Antoine Doinel captures Franois Truffaut’s alter ego (played by Jean-Pierre Laud) over the span of five films and 20 years. Truffaut’s 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. The film helped usher in the heady spirit of the French new wave and introduced the Doinel character. Poignant, exhilarating, and fun (there’s a parade of cameo appearances from some of the essential icons and directors from the movement), this film is an important classic.
The second film to feature Doinel, “Antoine and Collette” (1962) was originally made for the omnibus film Love at Twenty but has outlived its companion shorts. As romantic and gently ironic as The 400 Blows is harsh and haunting, this modest 20-minute lark finds a teenage Antoine pursuing the lovely, lithe 20-year-old Colette (Marie-France Pisier) like a lovesick puppy. The comic sweetness of this episode sets the tone for all future Doinel films, and Laud, who matured into the poster boy for the French new wave, displays the lanky charm and self-effacing egotism that propelled him through some of the greatest films of the next two decades.
Stolen Kisses (1968) opens with the now-grown Doinel sprung from military prison with a dishonorable discharge. He woos the perky but unresponsive object of his affections, Christine (Claude Jade), while he engages in a series of professions–hotel night watchman, private investigator, TV repairman–with mixed success and comic entanglements. But when he falls in love with the elegant wife of his client (Delphine Seyrig), Christine realizes she misses Antoine’s persistence and clumsy passes, so she embarks on a seductive plan of her own.
Bed and Board (1970) finds Doinel married to Christine and still plugging away at odd jobs. He learns of his impending fatherhood, but then throws a monkey wrench into his new happiness when he becomes obsessed with a beautiful young Japanese woman (Hiroku Berghauer). Truffaut enlivens Doinel’s courtyard apartment with the bustle and business of neighbors and pays homage to comic auteur Jacques Tati. However, he tempers the giddy screwball kookiness with a less forgiving disposition toward Antoine’s passionate irresponsibility and emotional impulsiveness.
Love on the Run (1979) was Truffaut’s last film in the series. Here, our compulsive liar and general scamp is found out time and time again, but, as the women of the film find, it’s impossible to blame him entirely. The film stands on its own as a light comedy but carries much more resonance if watched in its proper place in the series.
DVD:
Anamorphic,Box set,Black & White,Color,DVD-Video,Subtitled,Widescreen,NTSC
Company:Home Vision Entertainment
(2003-04-29)
ISBN:1559409339
List Price:$99.95
Amazon Price:$68.49
Used Price:$65.00
Saeco Caffe Charisma Espresso and Cappuccino Maker, Black
Ready for a nice, hot cup of cappuccino or latte? Can you just smell the aroma in your mind? Make it a reality with Saeco and it’s almost as easy as dreaming. Caff Charisma is a top performer of Saeco’s consumer line of fully automatic coffee/espresso machines. It is packed with features making it the most advanced machine available on the market today, in a small and compact footprint. Add water, whole beans, push the button, and you have true perfection. Espresso and coffee with a thick, creamy golden crema, and a flavor that will make you feel like you are floating in the clouds. The Caff Charisma grinds whole beans, doses, tamps and extracts espresso, than the used coffee is ejected into an internal dump box. Fantastic espresso without the fuss and mess of the old style traditional models. Saeco Aroma System - a programmed hot water injection into the freshly ground coffee, in order to soak it and let it swell up, right before the start of the brew cycle. Saeco Easy Clean System - Patented exclusive Saeco brewing unit, easily removable for chemical-free cleaning. Rapid Steam feature - no waiting time between brewing an espresso and frothing milk. Steam and hot water wand - for manual frothing or hot water dispensing. Pannarello frothing device - for perfect and easy frothing. Pre-ground Bypass coffee doser - highest flexibility in the selection of the coffee to brew Bon Temp heating surface - Controlled cup warming surface with elegant cup rail Removable transparent 44-ounce water tank Swivel base for convenient rotation Removable drip tray and waste box for quick and easy cleaning
Kitchen:
Grinds whole beans, doses, tamps, and extracts espresso,Change coffee strength by adjusting the amount to be ground, from 6 to 9 grams,Rapid-Steam for frothing and brewing without waiting; easily accessible, removable brew group,Prepares 1 to 2 cups at the same time; 46-ounce removable water tank and swivel base,Ships within US only; does not ship to Canada
Company:Saeco
(2004-01-21)
List Price:$775.00
Amazon Price:$399.99
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