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Hitchcock/Truffaut (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is a 2015 French-American documentary film directed by film critic Kent Jones about Franois Truffaut's book on Alfred Hitchcock, 'Hitchcock/Truffaut', and its impact on cinema.
Truffaut interviewed Hitchcock over eight days in 1962 at his offices at Universal Studios to write his book. The documentary features reflections from directors including James Gray, Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, Wes Anderson, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, and Olivier Assayas, and is narrated by Bob Balaban, who co-starred with Truffaut in 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977).
'Hitchcock/Truffaut' was first screened at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was shown in the TIFF Docs section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
Cast
* Alfred Hitchcock
* Franois Truffaut
* Wes Anderson
* Olivier Assayas
* Peter Bogdanovich
* Arnaud Desplechin
* David Fincher
* James Gray
* Kiyoshi Kurosawa
* Richard Linklater
* Paul Schrader
* Martin Scorsese
Reception
'Hitchcock/Truffaut' received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% "Certified Fresh" score based on 110 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's consensus states: "Essential viewing for cineastes while still offering rich rewards for neophytes, 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' offers an affectionate -- and well-crafted -- tribute to a legend". Metacritic reports a 79 out of 100 rating based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Chris Nashawaty of 'Entertainment Weekly' gave the film a grade of "A", commenting that "the best part is getting to hear both men talk about their art in exhaustive, almost fetishistic detail." Peter Travers of 'Rolling Stone' gave the film 3.5 stars out of 4, saying, "My only problem with 'Hitchcock/Truffaut' is that it's too short at 80 minutes." Peter Debruge of 'Variety' called it "Accessible yet intelligent". Todd McCarthy of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that "this documentary will be a top draw wherever films about filmmakers are welcome."
At the 38th Denver Film Festival, it won the Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary Film.
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