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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

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Kent Jones

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Box Office

$260,430

Production

Cohen Media Group,ARTE France Cinéma,Artline Films

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

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Olivier Assayas

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Peter Bogdanovich

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Arnaud Desplechin

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Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Richard Linklater

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Martin Scorsese

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Jean-Claude Brialy

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Jean-Luc Godard

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Alfred Hitchcock

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François Truffaut

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In 1966 Frangois Truffaut - Hitchcock/Truffaut

In 1966 Frangois Truffaut

It was a window into the world of cinema that I hadn't had before - Hitchcock/Truffaut

It was a window into the world of cinema that I hadn't...

I think it conclusively changed - Hitchcock/Truffaut

I think it conclusively changed

At that time the general consensus - Hitchcock/Truffaut

At that time the general consensus

For Truffaut the book on Hitchcock - Hitchcock/Truffaut

For Truffaut the book on Hitchcock

My mind is strictly visual - Hitchcock/Truffaut

My mind is strictly visual

Do you realize the squad van will be here any moment - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Do you realize the squad van will be here any moment

There was a spell that was cast with those films - Hitchcock/Truffaut

There was a spell that was cast with those films

Being an individual artist meant self exposure - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Being an individual artist meant self exposure

Hitchcock had freed Truffaut as an artist - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock had freed Truffaut as an artist

WOMAN Your type of picture - Hitchcock/Truffaut

WOMAN Your type of picture

I have a favorite little saying to myself Logic is dull - Hitchcock/Truffaut

I have a favorite little saying to myself Logic is dull

Yes That's what film is for - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Yes That's what film is for

Well there are moments when you have to stop time - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Well there are moments when you have to stop time

He said When I'm on the set I'm not on the set - Hitchcock/Truffaut

He said When I'm on the set I'm not on the set

There was starting to be - Hitchcock/Truffaut

There was starting to be

I was giving the public the great privilege - Hitchcock/Truffaut

I was giving the public the great privilege

That's why all actors are cattle - Hitchcock/Truffaut

That's why all actors are cattle

Is the placing of two or three pieces of film together - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Is the placing of two or three pieces of film together

Your name Chris - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Your name Chris

Because I am never satisfied with the ordinary - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Because I am never satisfied with the ordinary

Silent pictures are the pure motion picture form - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Silent pictures are the pure motion picture form

And I think you'd still get a really high percentage of it - Hitchcock/Truffaut

And I think you'd still get a really high percentage of...

The sex psychological side is that - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The sex psychological side is that

The thing you see that I liked and felt most - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The thing you see that I liked and felt most

It became a lost film so to speak - Hitchcock/Truffaut

It became a lost film so to speak

I can't really say that I believe the plot - Hitchcock/Truffaut

I can't really say that I believe the plot

And that's a film that I can't really tell - Hitchcock/Truffaut

And that's a film that I can't really tell

The city itself is a character - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The city itself is a character

This whole business of remaking her Yes we get it - Hitchcock/Truffaut

This whole business of remaking her Yes we get it

The hole in the story - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The hole in the story

Fine it's good - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Sense of melancholy or loss to it - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Sense of melancholy or loss to it

There is sometimes a tendency among filmmakers - Hitchcock/Truffaut

There is sometimes a tendency among filmmakers

I personally am interested in the audience - Hitchcock/Truffaut

I personally am interested in the audience

It doesn't matter where the film goes - Hitchcock/Truffaut

It doesn't matter where the film goes

It was a very interesting construction - Hitchcock/Truffaut

It was a very interesting construction

What I call the rising curve shape of a story - Hitchcock/Truffaut

What I call the rising curve shape of a story

The scene with John Gavin and Janet Leigh - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The scene with John Gavin and Janet Leigh

The scenes in the office are kind of all right you know - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The scenes in the office are kind of all right you know

It was necessary to make the robbery - Hitchcock/Truffaut

It was necessary to make the robbery

The scene with the policeman - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The scene with the policeman

She steals money - Hitchcock/Truffaut

She steals money

The very first screening of that film - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The very first screening of that film

Seven days 70 setups - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Seven days 70 setups

At that time as it is now we expect certain things - Hitchcock/Truffaut

At that time as it is now we expect certain things

People will say What a terrible thing to make - Hitchcock/Truffaut

People will say What a terrible thing to make

We better not have cigars you are right - Hitchcock/Truffaut

We better not have cigars you are right

Hitchcock and Truffaut - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Hitchcock and Truffaut

After the first edition of the book was published in 1966 - Hitchcock/Truffaut

After the first edition of the book was published in 1966

The Lodger was the first time I'd exercised any style - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The Lodger was the first time I'd exercised any style

The last completed project of Truffaut's life - Hitchcock/Truffaut

The last completed project of Truffaut's life

Not the television star not the Master of Suspense - Hitchcock/Truffaut

Not the television star not the Master of Suspense

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Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut's 1966 book "Cinema According to Hitchcock" influenced their work.

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Director: Kent Jones

Writer: Kent Jones, Serge Toubiana

Production: Cohen Media Group,ARTE France Cinéma,Artline Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2015

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $260,430

Released: 31 Mar 2016

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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