6 February

Born in 1879 – Othon Friesz, French painter.

Above: Roofs and Cathedral in Rouen, 1908

Also, born in 1932, French filmmaker and critic François Truffaut.

The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them.