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In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-sc�ne in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting - used to produce the mythical book Hitchcock/Truffaut - this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plummets us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds, and Vertigo. Hitchcock�s incredibly modern art is elucidated and explained by today�s leading filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard ...(more)

In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-sc�ne in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting - used to produce the mythical book Hitchcock/Truffaut - this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plummets us into the world of the creator of Psycho, The Birds, and Vertigo. Hitchcock�s incredibly modern art is elucidated and explained by today�s leading filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard Linklater, Peter Bogdanovich and Paul Schrader. (less)

Director: Kent Jones
Writers: Kent Jones, Serge Toubiana
Starring: Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray
Narrator: Mathieu Amalric

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Review by Brian Orndorf, December 10, 2015

9 / 10

�Hitchcock/Truffaut� began life as a 1966 book. Originally a dialogue between film directors Alfred Hitchcock and Francois Truffaut, the literary endeavor was intended to be a celebration of Hitchcock�s work, with student Truffaut questioning one of his heroes with a week-long interview covering a monumental career. The book soon became a bible for cinema slaves everywhere, offering a look into Hitchcock�s creative process and wily personality, gifting outsiders a peek behind the curtain, hosted by a burgeoning moviemaker who was quickly building his own brand name of quality work with efforts ...read more...

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