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Hitchcock/Truffaut
Documentary · 2015
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
The sides of Hitchcock/Truffaut
- Recordings of Hitchcock talking with Truffaut
- Scorsese, Fincher and others on Hitchcock
- Clips from Vertigo and Psycho
Hitchcock/Truffaut is good for you if…
- you love Hitchcock's classics and want to see them again.
- you like two directors talking shop about how a scene works.
- you like hearing filmmakers explain what they learned from one book.
Hitchcock/Truffaut is bad for you if…
- you want the private life of Hitchcock the man. This is about how he built his scenes.
- you'd rather feel the suspense of Psycho than hear how it was made.
About: filmmaking · suspense · influence
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