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Truffaut's birthday? posted by Leonore on Tue, 07 Feb 2012

Isn't it better if you think about your mother, not on mother's day, but say, on an arbitrary day, say, today, and post her a little letter, wouldn't she appreciate it more than if you sent her a letter on mother's day?

I'm trying to draw a parallel with Truffaut's birthday. Sure, Google remembered. Sure, none of the Culturethèque bloggers did. So I'm reporting on a little complaint we received.

But, you see, it's always Truffaut day on Culturethèque.

Source documents, overleaf.

I like seeing Culturethèque as a community, so I was very pleased to get this message:

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Sujet: Culturetheque? et vous avez oublie le 80 anniversaie de la naissance de Francois Truffault?
Date : Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:23:11 -0000
Que se passe-t-il à la culture de la France quand le 7ieme art ( invente’ par la France) est oublie’.......?

The former message was forwarded to me with this addendum from a fellow librarian:

Je vous transfère cette plainte. On a oublié le 80ème anniversaire de Truffaut alors que Google y a pensé!
Mais bon c'est pas comme si Truffaut = 7eme art.
Perso, je dirais meme qu'il n'y connait rien au cinema.
N'a t-il pas dit un jour « On peut se demander s’il n’y a pas incompatibilité entre le mot cinéma et le mot Angleterre ». François Truffaut
Moi je dis, finissons-en avec le mythe de la "Nouvelle Vague"...

I can only hope this sparks a little debate for and against Truffaut.

I have my own conflict articulated around this contradiction
Les 400 Coups: a beautiful film, and a contribution to cinema vs. Domicile conjugal : among the worst and most ridiculous films I have ever been subjected to.

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