Day For Night (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] [2016]

This loving farce from FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT (Jules and Jim) about the joys and turbulence of moviemaking is one of his most beloved films. Truffaut himself appears as the harried director of a frivolous melodrama, the shooting of which is plagued by the whims of a neurotic actor (The 400 Blows’ JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD); an aging but still forceful Italian diva (Juliet of the Spirits’ VALENTINA CORTESE) and a British ingénue haunted by personal scandal (Bullitt’s JACQUELINE BISSET). An irreverent paean to the prosaic craft of cinema as well as a delightful human comedy about the pitfalls of love and sex, Day for Night is buoyed by robust performances and a sparkling score by the legendary GEORGES DELERUE (Contempt).
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES:

New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New visual essay by filmmaker: kogonada
New interview with cinematographer Pierre-William Glenn
New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew
Documentary on the film from 2003, featuring film scholar Annette Insdorf
Archival interviews with director François Truffaut; editor Yann Dedet; and actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nathalie Baye, Jacqueline Bisset, Dani, and Bernard Menez
Television footage of Truffaut on the film’s set in 1972
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic David Cairns