252 of 1001 Movies: Day for Night (1973)

Francois Truffaut is one of the stars and the director of this very unique French movie. The movie is one of the few, and well for me only, movie I've seen that has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie is very realistic, and gives the viewer insight into filming techniques in the studio setting. Whether that involved being in an actual studio or out in a made studio in the outdoors. While showing all this though he also lets us get to know the characters who are complex and doing what may naturally come with being in close proximity to other people so long.

Summary: Ferrand is trying to shoot his movie, Pamela. The set though is plagued with bad luck. He has all the props to make it work, but with love affairs ensuing everywhere people are becoming more motivated by their personal lives than helping him bring together the movie in the time he needs to get it done. He even brings in an actress he never has worked with. For a director who likes to stick with people he knows this shows just how for he's going to look for the right cast. Julie's presence will provide some confusing moments for Alphonse, the other lead in the movie though, and put the movie at risk.