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

I can't really say that I believe the plot and I don't take any of it, the story,...

Martin Scorsese:
[Discussing "Vertigo"]
I can't really say that I believe the plot and I don't take any of it, the story, seriously. I mean as a *realistic* story. So, the plot is just a line that you can hang things on - and the things that he hangs onto it are all aspects of, you know, cinema poetry

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SCORSESE I can't really say that I believe the plot
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And I don't take any of the story seriously
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I mean as a realistic story
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So the plot is just a line that you could hang things on
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And the things that he hangs on there
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are all aspects of you know cinema poetry
Duration
27 seconds
Views
442
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:04
Uploaded
Nov 15, 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.
And that's a film that I can't really tell - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:14
And that's a film that I can't really tell
The city itself is a character - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:16
The city itself is a character
This whole business of remaking her Yes we get it - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:24
This whole business of remaking her Yes we get it
The hole in the story - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:12
The hole in the story
Fine it's good - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:34
Fine it's good
Sense of melancholy or loss to it - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:38
Sense of melancholy or loss to it
There is sometimes a tendency among filmmakers - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:35
There is sometimes a tendency among filmmakers
I personally am interested in the audience - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:33
I personally am interested in the audience
It doesn't matter where the film goes - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:16
It doesn't matter where the film goes
It was a very interesting construction - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:14
It was a very interesting construction
What I call the rising curve shape of a story - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:20
What I call the rising curve shape of a story
The scene with John Gavin and Janet Leigh - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:14
The scene with John Gavin and Janet Leigh
The scenes in the office are kind of all right you know - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:37
The scenes in the office are kind of all right you know
It was necessary to make the robbery - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:25
It was necessary to make the robbery
The scene with the policeman - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:26
The scene with the policeman
She steals money - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:35
She steals money
The very first screening of that film - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:36
The very first screening of that film
Seven days 70 setups - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:20
Seven days 70 setups
At that time as it is now we expect certain things - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:36
At that time as it is now we expect certain things
People will say What a terrible thing to make - Hitchcock/Truffaut 00:32
People will say What a terrible thing to make