The 400 Blows Excerpt 5: Jogging in the city streets with the gym teacher (1’31”)
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The 400 Blows Excerpt 5: Jogging in the city streets with the gym teacher (1’31”)
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| 1. | What happens in this sequence? Is it serious or comical--or both? What theme is developed here, in relationship to the outside world (the Paris streets)? |
| 2. | Discuss (and explain) the camera angles used by Truffaut here. |
| 3. | Have you seen Zéro For Conduct by Jean Vigo (1933)? If so, did you notice the “quotation” of Vigo’s film in this sequence? |