This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

A nicely made love letter to the often chaotic, complicated, drama filled, engaging process of making a film. It should be viewed more as a documentary than an entertaining show, since not that much really happens that holds any meaning. At times, it was even a little boring. It would actually be quite educational to the everyday viewer, revealing a few secrets in the industry. The title, for example, refers to the cinematic techniques used to simulate a night scene while filming in daylight, usually involving filters. I always appreciate it when the director is more than the director. Here, François Truffaut fittingly plays the director. Overall, an interesting if not very captivating film.

Director Ferrand (François Truffaut) struggles with many challenges to finish shooting his film "Je vous presente Pamela". Julie Baker (Jacqueline Bisset) is a British actress struggling with personal issues. This film follows the many people associated with the production.This is a classic film from iconic French director François Truffaut. He's playing with many modern meta filmmaking ideas. It is a film within a film. It has quasi-documentary techniques. The characters are a little hard to keep track. Other than Bisset and Truffaut, I'm not familiar with any of the other actors. It makes it harder to follow. The most memorable are little filmmaking triumphs like the candle and the cat. This is a movie at the foremost front.

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.I find it interesting that in French the term "American night" means the same as our term "day for night", wherein scenes filmed during the day appear to be shot at night (although discerning eyes can still tell the difference). Why "American night"? Interesting.One of the film's themes is whether or not films are more important than life for those who make them, its many allusions both to film-making and to movies themselves (perhaps unsurprising given that Truffaut began his career as a film critic who championed cinema as an art form). The film opens with a picture of Lillian and Dorothy Gish, to whom it is dedicated. In one scene, Ferrand opens a package of books he had ordered: they are books on directors he admires such as Luis Buñuel, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Luc Godard, Ernst Lubitsch, Roberto Rossellini and Robert Bresson.

François Truffaut's "Day for Night" gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of movie-making. In the film, director Ferrand (Truffaut himself) does his best to keep shooting running smoothly despite a steady stream of personal and technical crises.Truffaut surrounded himself with a fine cast which included Oscar nominee Valentina Cortese as an aging diva whose drinking has adverse effects on her performance. Others who give memorable performances include Jean-Pierre Léaud & Jacqueline Bisset, though the entire cast performs admirably in my opinion.Truffaut's Oscar-nominated direction is naturally top-notch and the script (co-written by Truffaut) also received Oscar attention. However, I must admit that I didn't care for the Georges Delerue score, which is probably a matter of personal taste.Ultimately, "Day for Night" is an absorbing film about the trials and tribulations of movie-making. In Truffaut's hands it is lovingly crafted and exhibits a successful balance of entertainment and artistry.