When Truffaut Met Hitchcock

Documentary of the Week | Dec 4, 2015

In 1962, the French director Francois Truffaut conducted a marathon interview with Alfred Hitchcock. Director Kent Jones draws upon those tapes and also interviews contemporary filmmakers for a probing exploration of Hitchcock’s films and the process of film-making.

— Thom Powers and Raphaela Neihausen

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