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Les 400 Coups Les 400 coups This film took some reflection. Though not the first sub-titled film I’ve seen, I get the impression that the more modern foreign movies I’ve watched were created with sub-titles in mind. Les 400 coups seemed to be filmed in French, for French, by French. I can compare it to, for example, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and see the rushed sub-titling; the simple fact that there is considerably more dialogue. Of course, this could also be due to the differing themes of the movies. I had a hard time seeing much of traditional Hollywood in Mr. Truffaut’s creation. It wasn’t until I abandoned the normal filters I view film through did I begin to see what he had created: a series of portrayals commenting on the trials of adolescence. The film was more akin to a collection of moving paintings than what I’ve grown to believe a movie is. The camera often holds on a particular image, be it the shamed looks Antoine directs towards his cheating mother, the rejected sadness of him behind bars, or the final, frozen frame of him that seems to ask “Why'” Using this form, I believe film, believe, after, french, first, world, running, question, life, example, antoine, understanding, uncaring, though, seems, scenes, movies, mother, love, i’ve, he’s, ask, antoine’s, we’re, truffaut’s, towards, through, shows, seemed, seem, sea, sadness, reflection, place