Museum of the Moving Image (Venue Partner)
36-01 35 Avenue
718.777.6888
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The 400 Blows
- When
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Saturday July 18, 2009 (2pm)
Sunday July 19, 2009 (2pm)
- Where
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Directions: R, M to Steinway Street (exit station at 34 Ave). N, W to 36 Ave.
- Price
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$11 per film / $7 for members of Museum of the Moving Image or MAD
- Links
FRENCH NEW WAVE ESSENTIALS
AT THE
THE 400 BLOWS
July 18 & 19, 2 PM
1959, 99 mins. Directed by François Truffaut.
With Jean-Pierre Leaud. Truffaut’s most personal and influential film is a memoir of his troubled childhood, with teenager Jean-Pierre Leaud as his alter-ego Antoine Doinel. Vividly photographed in widescreen black-and-white, the film captures feelings of anxiety and escape, as Antoine rebels against oppressive parents and teachers, leading to an often-copied freeze-frame ending.
This series marks the first collaboration between the 
David Schwartz, chief curator of Museum of the Moving Image.
Museum of Arts and Design is located at
For more information, contact 212.299.7717 or visit http://www.movingimage.us/site/calendar/index.html
