I recently watched a really clever, witty and moving film by acclaimed French director, Francois Truffaut. Day for Night, the original French title being La Nuit Americaine, is essentially a movie about making movies. The title comes from what French filmmakers called the method where night scenes are shot during the day using filters to control the light. The story follows the cast and crew of a movie, all staying together for the duration of the shoot, focusing on the personal and professional releationships that form between them (Truffaut himself plays the director 'Ferrand' within the film).

I found it provided an insight, if not somewhat slightly dramatised for entertainment purposes, into the ups and downs of the filmmaking process; the close bonds that form between cast and crew members in addition to the stressed and frenzied environment a film set can be at times. Although the real message that shines through is how well people work at a profession they truly love (even if it to the exclusion of everything else!)