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In Hitchcock, film critic François Truffaut presents fifty hours of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock about the whole of his vast directorial career, from his silent movies in Great Britain to his color films in Hollywood. The result is a portrait of one of the greatest directors the world has ever known, an all-round specialist who ...
In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut met for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting—which became the mythical book Hitchcock/Truffaut—this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson, elucidated by today’s leading filmmakers.
Feb 12, 2024 · Iconic, groundbreaking interviews of Alfred Hitchcock by film critic François Truffaut—providing insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time.
Sep 11, 2015 · Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the greatest and most influential director who ever lived, and director François Truffaut made that argument about as convincingly as possible in his seminal 1966 ...
Aug 8, 2016 · In 1962, Truffaut was a 30-year-old upstart, a former film critic who had directed just three movies (The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player, and Jules et Jim); Hitchcock was 63 years old, with ...
In 1962, French director and film critic Francois Truffaut persuaded the legendary Alfred Hitchcock to sit down with him for a series of interviews to talk about the secrets of his success. The result was turned into Hitchcock/Truffaut, one of the most significant and influential books on cinema ever written.
The best discussions are of Vertigo, with David Fincher, the most effective directorial voice of all those interviewed, leading the way.
