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Hitchcock/Truffaut

For Truffaut, the book on Hitchcock was every bit as important as one of his own films and...

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For Truffaut, the book on Hitchcock was every bit as important as one of his own films and required just as much time and preparation

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For Truffaut the book on Hitchcock
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was every bit as important as one of his own films
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and it required just as much time and preparation
Duration
13 seconds
Views
594
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:54
Uploaded
Mar 19, 2022
Genres
documentary
Production
Cohen Media Group,ARTE France Cinéma,Artline Films

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Movie Summary

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

Actors

Bob Balaban
Narrator
Bob Balaban
My mind is strictly visual - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:08
My mind is strictly visual
Do you realize the squad van will be here any moment - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:13
Do you realize the squad van will be here any moment
There was a spell that was cast with those films - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:14
There was a spell that was cast with those films
Being an individual artist meant self exposure - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:16
Being an individual artist meant self exposure
Hitchcock had freed Truffaut as an artist - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:16
Hitchcock had freed Truffaut as an artist
WOMAN Your type of picture - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:45
WOMAN Your type of picture
I have a favorite little saying to myself Logic is dull - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:07
I have a favorite little saying to myself Logic is dull
Yes That's what film is for - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:36
Yes That's what film is for
Well there are moments when you have to stop time - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:35
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 00:12
He said When I'm on the set I'm not on the set
There was starting to be - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:09
There was starting to be
I was giving the public the great privilege - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:35
I was giving the public the great privilege
That's why all actors are cattle - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:04
That's why all actors are cattle
Is the placing of two or three pieces of film together - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:27
Is the placing of two or three pieces of film together
Your name Chris - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:18
Your name Chris
Because I am never satisfied with the ordinary - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:11
Because I am never satisfied with the ordinary
Silent pictures are the pure motion picture form - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:21
Silent pictures are the pure motion picture form
And I think you'd still get a really high percentage of it - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:05
And I think you'd still get a really high percentage of...
The sex psychological side is that - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:18
The sex psychological side is that
The thing you see that I liked and felt most - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:35
The thing you see that I liked and felt most