This film returns to the original interview tapes on which truffaut based his text, which remain fascinating on hitchcocks philosophy and should have made it possible to reconstruct a directors commentary for at least some of the key sequences in hitchcocks films. Truffaut had just released the definitive version of the book and this would be his last public appearance just six months later, he died from a brain tumour. Alfred hitchcock and francois truffaut aug1962 the. Now hitchcock and truffauts historic summit is the subject of this documentary from kent jones, whos also directed lively docs about elia kazan and val lewton. Hitchcocktruffaut, a documentary on francois truffauts groundbreaking interview book, gets you drunk on hitchcocks films again. Mar 31, 2016 in 1962 hitchcock and truffaut locked themselves away in hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the miseenscene in cinema. Dec 10, 2015 the documentary tells the story of a book, one of the best about film ever written, which came out of a series of interviews that french director francois truffaut conducted with alfred hitchcock. In hitchcocktruffaut, top directors put their spin on a. Francois truffaut and alfred hitchcock, august, 1962. The documentary, created by new york film festival director kent jones, offers an insight into both the artists and their art. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Watch hitchcocktruffaut, the original hbo documentary online at hbo. The truffauthitchcock interviews the museum of film history.
This was a revised edition that includes an addendum by truffaut after hitchcock s death in 1979. Based on the original recordings of this meeting used to produce the mythical book hitchcocktruffaut this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plummets us into the world of the creator of psycho, the birds, and. After hitchcocks death, truffaut updated the book with a new preface and final chapter on hitchcocks later films. Listen to 12 hours of francois truffaut interviewing alfred hitchcock posted on thursday, february 17th, 2011 by germain lussier if youre a film fan, chances are youre an alfred hitchcock fan. Today were presenting you with a rare interview with truffaut published in the december, 1973 edition of the invaluable filmmakers newsletter magazine. Truffauthitchcock a companion to francois truffaut. Rent hitchcock truffaut 2015 starring wes anderson and olivier assayas on dvd and bluray. Pdf hitchcock book by francois truffaut free download. Francois truffaut interviews alfred hitchcock go into the story. Hitchcock, truffaut, and the irresponsible audience in the beginnin of hig opulentls mountey indterview with hitchcock, frangoi truffaus t writes tha hitchcoct ha alwayks feares techd nicians who migh jeopardizt the integrite oyf his work. Always heralded as one of the great books on cinema and the best, supposedly, on hitchcock, these documented interview sessions with the great french director francois truffaut and alfred hitchcock is as good as reported. In 1962 hitchcock and truffaut locked themselves away in hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the miseenscene in cinema. Iconic, groundbreaking interviews of alfred hitchcock by film critic francois truffautproviding insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time.
Directors from fincher to scorsese revisit truffaut s famous interview. A certain tendency of the french cinema by francois truffaut. Wonderful insight, for instance on who chooses the actors not hitchcock necessarily and the problems this causes. I knew who alfred hitchcock was from his television show, and from his monthly mystery magazine as well as anthologies that i was reading avidly, tales that frightened even me, more tales for the nervous and, my favorite, stories to be read after. Based on the original recordings of this meetingused to produce the seminal book hitchcocktruffaut this film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all time and plunges us into the world of the creator of psycho, the birds and vertigo. Kent jones documentary hitchcocktruffaut 2015 is in theaters now. Rent hitchcocktruffaut 2015 on dvd and bluray netflix. Jul 15, 2018 francois truffaut and alfred hitchcock, august, 1962. Listen to 12 hours of francois truffaut interviewing alfred. On june 2nd 1962, francois truffaut wrote a letter to alfred hitchcock asking whether he might interview him in depth about his life and career. The new yorker may earn a portion of sales from products and services that are purchased through links on our site as part of our affiliate partnerships with retailers. A whos who of moviebuff directors david fincher, wes anderson, james gray, richard linklater, arnaud desplechin, martin scorsese, etc. Learn more about the hbo documentary hitchcocktruffaut.
Dec 03, 2015 hitchcocktruffaut, a documentary on francois truffauts groundbreaking interview book, gets you drunk on hitchcocks films again. Francois truffauts remarkable interview series with alfred hitchcock, conducted over a week at his offices. Hitchcocktruffaut is a 2015 frenchamerican documentary film directed by film critic kent jones about francois truffauts book on alfred hitchcock, hitchcocktruffaut, and its impact on cinema. Directors from fincher to scorsese revisit truffauts famous interview. The following is an interview from the french apostrophes television programme apr1984, in which bernard pivot talks to truffaut and roman polanski about hitchcock. The complete hitchcocktruffaut audio interviews lets. In hitchcock, film critic francois truffaut presents fifty hours of interviews with alfred hitchcock about the whole of his vast directorial career, from his silent movies in great britain to. In april 1962, francois truffaut wrote a long letter to alfred hitchcock. Cannes dons rosetinted specs for ace cinephilia study. Significant categories and examples of differences between the original recorded interviews and the published version. The first edition of the novel was published in 1983, and was written by francois truffaut. The book that gets inside alfred hitchcocks mind the. You interview a number of prominent filmmakers about their. Today were presenting you with a rare interview with truffaut published in the december.
The main characters of this culture, film story are. Hitchcock paladin books by francois truffaut,helen g. Hitchcock truffaut, the book they made together if you glance at the title page, the actual title is hitchcock, by francois truffaut, but almost no one calls it that, is a series of interviews. In the letter he wrote to hitchcock earlier that year, truffaut outlined his reasons for wanting to interview him in such depth. Autodidact and breathtakingly talented french director francois truffaut, who was also one of the founder of the new wave but got somehow overshadowed by godard in america, was a huge hitchcock fan. His new film hitchcocktruffaut tells the story of the famous interview with alfred hitchcock by francois truffaut that took place in 1962 and became a seminal moment in cinema history. Contemporary directors discuss the master of suspense in a documentary about hitchcocks legendary conversations with francois truffaut. We spoke to kent jones about hitchcocktruffaut ahead of the films cinema release in london. The problem with that is you get into people editing themselves, and personalities. Recorded to audio tape, the content was eventually edited down into truffauts famous book hitchcock. Hitchcocktruffaut documentary about the historic 1962. The end result was the invaluable book hitchcocktruffaut. Returning to the original recordings of this meeting, kent jones film annotates the greatest cinema masterclass of all time with observations by todays leading filmmakers, among them martin scorsese, david fincher, wes anderson, peter bogdanovich, and paul schrader.
Truffauts book about hitchcock, published in english in 1967, was a revelation. In 1962, film critic and french new wave director francois truffaut sat down with alfred hitchcock to record a weeklong interview about hitchcocks entire body of work. Truffaut s resulting book is one of the classic texts on cinema, as hitchcock explains both his approach to his craft and the way he went about making each film. The book is the inspiration for the 2015 documentary hitchcocktruffaut.
Based on the original recordings of this meetingused to produce the mythical book hitchcocktruffaut 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. Free download or read online hitchcock pdf epub book. One of the most interesting segments in the truffauthitchcock interviews is the 27minute segment, which discussed the wrong man and vertigo. This article is within the scope of wikiproject france, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of france on wikipedia. The playful and penetrating transcripts of those conversations were published in a 1966 book that would quickly become a sort of gospel for films buffs. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. At the time, the birds was in postproduction, and truffaut, who had kickstarted the french new wave movement with his debut feature the 400 blows, had just directed his third film, jules et jim. Jones uses archival materialstills, letters, brief footage taken of the interview sessions at universal studios, bits of the audio recordings, biographical data on both hitchcock and truffautto set the stage for excerpts from the interview material itself.
For the few sequences in which this commentary is achieved, it fascinates. Hitchcocktruffaut dogwoof documentary distribution. If youre going to get into personalities, youre going to get into truffauts. In late august 1962, francois truffaut carried out a week of all day interviews with alfred hitchcock covering his life and work in cinema. Aug 17, 2014 in 1962, french filmmaker, critic, and socalled father of the new wave, francois truffaut, carried out a series of interviews with alfred hitchcock at the latters universal studios office. A love letter to cinema and two if its renowned talents. With all of this, hitchcocktruffaut is building to a larger point. One of those days i pulled a book off the shelf called hitchcocktruffaut and sat down to read it. Scott,alfred hitchcock and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The interview starts with truffaut saying how the wrong man was a mistake which was a risky move. Every film covered with hitchcocks own views on the plotactors. Hitchcocktruffaut unspools the artistry of the master of.
Hitchcock, truffaut, and the irresponsible audience. Hitchcock agreed and later that summer the interviews took place over the course of a week at the directors office on the universal studios lot whilst he was completing postproduction work on. Dec 01, 2015 hitchcocktruffaut unspools the artistry of the master of suspense director kent jones discusses his new documentary, which was inspired by a 1962 series of indepth interviews between french. Hitchcocks singular vision is elucidated and brought vividly to life by todays leading. The complete hitchcocktruffaut audio interviews by ted hope. Download and listen to hitchcock interviews by truffaut for. Hitchcocktruffaut is a fascinating look into several of hitchs films, and even some of truffauts, even if it is a little too short to call it a full exploration. Tragically, these plans were obstructed by a brain tumor, which sent truffaut to the montmartre cemetery at the age of only 52. Low this article has been rated as lowimportance on the. Critic kent jones directed this documentary about the title book, which derived from a weeklong interview that francois truffaut conducted with alfred hitchcock in 1962. Hitchcock, along discussions with foreign journalists, especially in new york, i discovered that people often have a somehow superficial idea of your work. In the frontispiece to the final version of the hitchbook, truffaut writes, alfred hitchcock made 53 films and one daughter.
The book in question is francois truffauts hitchcock usually called hitchcock truffaut, an ungainly filmfreak totem with the approximate dimensions of a ream of a4 paper and a cover that is both iconic and kind of ugly, being just the two names sidebyside in helvetica, colored in with a tacky gradient and set against a background best. Hitchcocktruffaut unspools the artistry of the master of suspense director kent jones discusses his new documentary, which was inspired by a 1962 series of. But this was truffaut being the film critic that he was and being open with his opinion of the film. Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. At the time hitchcock was dismissed by critics as a mere commercial entertainer, but a hugely influential book, hitchcocktruffaut, that truffaut. Truffaut interviewed hitchcock over eight days in 1962 at his offices at universal studios to write his book. Such a fan indeed that despite his bad english he conducted, with the help of helen scott, a series of interviews with the british. Hitchcock is in the air that todays directors breathe, and hitchcocktruffaut aims to remind us of this fact. The interview is divided in 25 episodes if about half an hour, going deep in hitchcock work, movie by movie, year after year. Based on the original recordings of this meetingused to produce the mythical book hitchcock truffautthis film illustrates the greatest cinema lesson of all. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 368 pages and is available in paperback format. If the french cinema exists by means of about a hundred films a year, it is well understood that only ten or twelve merit the attention of critics and cinephiles, the. Hitchcocktruffaut is not just for film buffs vogue. An epistle is often the key to the particular suspense in truffaut s films, which frequently pivot on the great expectations that are aroused by the transmission and reception of a heartfelt note.
Every film covered with hitchcock s own views on the plotactors. Francois truffaut interviews alfred hitchcock go into. Hitchcocktruffaut unspools the artistry of the master. Rather than a theory of authorship, truffauts auteur theory argued that a director is an artist rather than a technician hess 50. It justifies the faith of truffaut and his generation in hitchcock as an artist and an original, rather than just another competent hollywood entertainer. Hitchcock francois truffaut, alfred hitchcock, helen g. Hitchcocktruffaut is a 1966 book by francois truffaut about alfred hitchcock, originally released in french as le cinema selon alfred hitchcock.
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