Episode 400: THE 400th EPISODE (2026)

Seven years, eight months, and eight days ago, we published the first episode of Trylove. It was about François Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS (1959), the critic-turned-director’s debut film and a monument of the French New Wave.

We joked about doing it again for episode 400 of the show. Well,

References:

• Trylove Episode 1: THE 400 BLOWS (1959)
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Les 400 Coups (Version Instrumentale)” by Jean Constantin from the THE 400 BLOWS soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 400: THE 400th EPISODE (2026)

2:01 - Whadja Watch This Week?

21:29 - Favorite memories from 400 episodes

45:11 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

48:07 - Motion City Soundtrack and the Trylove lore behind THE 400 BLOWS

59:34 - The assumptions you make about Antoine in the absence of explanation

1:10:49 - Why Jason doesn’t like THE 400 BLOWS

1:20:08 - René, the other kids, the parents, and the world around Antoine

1:39:07 - Reconciling Antoine with Truffaut

1:49:41 - Antoine's struggle against systems of power

1:54:58 - What Truffaut turned Antoine into in later movies

2:13:47 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1959

2:15:34 - Cody’s Noteys: Gratin Tomatoes (darts rules but with RottenTomatoes scores)