Love on the Run

Normally flashbacks like this would bother me to death but it's of the life of one of my favorite characters of all time so I really enjoyed them. This is a fitting conclusion to the Doinel series but it doesn't really work as a film on its own, like 400 Blows does, but it's a great time for fans of the series.

A lot of people seem disappointed, and I'm not sure why. This movie is full of affection for Doinel and the women he's loved (though Truffaut said he was disappointed with the film). I especially enjoy the return of Colette, who is by far the most interesting of the girls. Antoine hasn't matured much, but he's still sympathetic as he tries to come to terms with his past relationships. The flashbacks are a wonderful nostalgic device, and are successful even after you've seen the films many times.

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Slightly less memorable than the other entries, but still enjoyable and the idea of following the same character from troubled teen, through the difficulties of courtship, to marriage and then divorce, is a fascinating one, and even more so in that the character begins as more or less autobiographical but then starts to diverge, while still seeming a believable progression from his initial representation, with the filmmaker encouraging both affection and criticism. Overall, a successful series.

The return of Colette was awesome, like most people she was my favorite. None of the Doinel films ever really lived up to Jules and Jim for me, and while the first two looked great in black and white, the last three looked awful in color. I mean fucking awful. It's a masterclass in the worst color use ever. So bad! Something good about this film is that you get the full quality versions in flashback of Antoine et Colette which is only on a shitty DVD at the moment.

Would have had a higher rating if one third of the movie wasn't scenes from the previous ones.

While I didn't care for the acting and I found the story to be quite dull I did really enjoy how the story was told so I got some entertainment out of the whole thing.

Whether intentional or not the use of the flashbacks actually resonated with me. The way as you age life seems to be nothing but replaying things that have happened to you how it so firmly shapes how you love. How you form bonds. I dunno it just got me

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Inevitable ending for Antoine Doinel's saga of growing up. As we see in the end he'll always stay as an adolescent but maybe that's his interpretation of maturity.

Antoine Doinel: "Then, at a certain time, bursting with rage, the guy pulls a picture out of his jacket pocket."

Touro.

The final entry in the Doinel cycle is the most divisive of the series largely due to its constant recycling of scenes from previous films that function as flashbacks triggered by Doinel's memories. On one level it reinforces Truffaut's view of cinema as something tied inextricably to life, but it also generates the unfortunate aura of a tacky TV production that is manipulating our fondness for the character at every turn. An older Doinel contemplating a life of romantic failure held promise.

Too many flashbacks, but I liked this one better than the two previous films about Antoine Doinel.

Easily the least essential film in the Doinel series, mostly because half of it consists of clips from the earlier films and thus doesn't really feel like a stand-alone work. Still, it's pretty good for what it is and what new material there is holds up well against the rest of the series, finding Truffaut at his most Rohmer-esque (albeit it somewhat less pointedly perceptive). The summary of a quintessentially bourgeois story by a quintessentially bourgeois filmmaker.

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This is a kind of Antoine Doinel Greatest Hits as Truffaut uses a *lot* of flashbacks from previous films. Entire scenes are re-cycled to show how Antoine ended up where he is today. That's why It's hard to judge this film on it's own. It does provide a fitting ending to the series but it's nothing special. Plus point for the catchy theme song.

Not a bad way to conclude the series.

The entire film was a reflection on Doinel's life, yet it never really arrived at any growth for Doinel. It wasn't terrible, and the atmosphere was enjoying, but it didn't have the wit and elegance of the past four Doinel films.

An effort of tieing the loose ends with flashbacks from the previous movies. That's OK, but I think it's unnecessary and not handled in a good way with a caricatured Antoine Doinel. A poor movie.

A Bit Too Much Flashbacks When Seen The Rest On The Same Day, Still Good.

I was another one of those bothered by the flashbacks, but these were flashbacks of a character I've grown to care about and identify with so much, that I cherished seeing them again. Likewise, the return of Colette was a happy moment for me, and the jokes with his book were hilarious (and used again recently in the Darjeeling Ltd.). Unfortunately, there was so much digging through the past that I found myself lost as to what was going on currently with the new girl.

Although there's no denying this is the weakest of the Doinel series, it's not due to its being a "greatest hits" with the flashbacks. The problem is that it just doesn't have enough of those wonderful little Truffaut moments. But it's still a good movie, Sabine is intriguing as a new companion for Antoine, and the ending shows that he's grown up a little (but just a little). The flashbacks are occasionally annoying, but for the most part they're integrated very well.