Hitchcock/Truffaut
Documentary

Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book “Cinema According to Hitchcock” influenced their work.

In 1962 Hitchcock and Truffaut locked themselves away in Hollywood for a week to excavate the secrets behind the mise-en-scène in cinema. Based on the original recordings of this meeting-used to produce the mythical book Hitchcock/Truffaut-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. Hitchcock’s incredibly modern art is elucidated and explained by today’s leading filmmakers: Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Arnaud Desplechin, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Wes Anderson, James Gray, Olivier Assayas, Richard Linklater, Peter Bogdanovich, and Paul Schrader.

Cast
Bob Balaban Wes Anderson Olivier Assayas Peter Bogdanovich David Fincher James Gray Richard Linklater Paul Schrader Martin Scorsese Jean-Luc Godard
Directed by
Kent Jones
Written by
Kent Jones Serge Toubiana
Produced by
Daniel Battsek Charles S. Cohen Olivier Mille
Production
ARTE Artline Films Cohen Media Group
Distribution (CIS)
Lorem Ipsum Entertainment (through Arthouse subsidiary)
Theatrical Release
2016