Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
Direction
Kent Jones weaves archival interviews with modern masters seamlessly.
Production
Rare audio from the original 1962 interview tapes.
Director
Kent Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original 1962 interview lasted 50 hours across one week; Truffaut barely spoke English and used a translator.
The book Hitchcock/Truffaut essentially invented the 'director as auteur' theory in American film criticism.
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