The 400 Blows Excerpt 7: Antoine is interviewed by the psychologist at the juvenile delinquent center (3’20”).
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The 400 Blows Excerpt 7: Antoine is interviewed by the psychologist at the juvenile delinquent center (3’20”).
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| 1. | Note the television style of this sequence (typical of the cinéma-vérité tendency of the New Wave). What is unusual about the dissolves? Where is the psychologist? |
| 2. | Why is this scene particularly important as regards Antoine and speech? |
| 3. | Can you guess the autobiographical character of this scene? What does it seem to represent for Truffaut? |