Hitchcock/Truffaut

Sep 5, 2015

1h 21m

★ 7.3

The greatest story Hitchcock ever told

Overview

Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Cohen Media Group

ARTE France Cinéma

Artline Films

Hitchcock/Truffaut Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Bob Balaban

Self

Wes Anderson

Self

Olivier Assayas

Self

Peter Bogdanovich

Self

Arnaud Desplechin

Self

David Fincher

Self

James Gray

Self

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Self

Richard Linklater

Self

Paul Schrader

Self

Martin Scorsese

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