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| Original Title: | Hitchcock |
| ISBN: | 0671604295 (ISBN13: 9780671604295) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://books.simonandschuster.com/Hitchcock/Francois-Truffaut/9780671604295 |
François Truffaut
Paperback | Pages: 368 pages Rating: 4.49 | 5752 Users | 338 Reviews
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| Title | : | Hitchcock |
| Author | : | François Truffaut |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Revised Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 368 pages |
| Published | : | October 2nd 1985 by Simon Schuster (first published 1983) |
| Categories | : | Culture. Film. Nonfiction. Biography |
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Any book-length interview with Alfred Hitchcock is valuable, but considering that this volume's interlocutor is François Truffaut, the conversation is remarkable indeed. Here is a rare opportunity to eavesdrop on two cinematic masters from very different backgrounds as they cover each of Hitch's films in succession. Though this book was initially published in 1967 when Hitchcock was still active, Truffaut later prepared a revised edition that covered the final stages of his career. It's difficult to think of a more informative or entertaining introduction to Hitchcock's art, interests, and peculiar sense of humor. The book is a storehouse of insight and witticism, including the master's impressions of a classic like Rear Window ("I was feeling very creative at the time, the batteries were well charged"), his technical insight into Psycho's shower scene ("the knife never touched the body; it was all done in the [editing]"), and his ruminations on flops such as Under Capricorn ("If I were to make another picture in Australia today, I'd have a policeman hop into the pocket of a kangaroo and yell 'Follow that car!'"). This is one of the most delightful film books in print. --Raphael ShargelRating Out Of Books Hitchcock
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To reproach Hitchcock for specializing in suspense is to accuse him of being the least boring of film-makers; it is also tantamount to blaming a lover who instead of concentrating on his own pleasure insists on sharing it with his partner. The nature of Hitchcocks cinema is to absorb the audience so completely that the Arab viewer will forget to shell his peanuts, the Frenchman will ignore the girl in the next seat, the Italian will suspend his chain smoking, the compulsive cougher will refrain
Hitchcock is primarily the transcript of fifty hours of François Truffaut interviewing Alfred Hitchcock; though I liked the book, its perhaps most interesting merely due to its premise rather than the execution thereof. Truffauts proposition to Hitchcock in advance of the project including his willingness to answer some five hundred questions, the phrasing of which suggests that there was, at least to some degree, a plan of specific questions to be asked, even if it was the same ten or so
To reproach Hitchcock for specializing in suspense is to accuse him of being the least boring of film-makers; it is also tantamount to blaming a lover who instead of concentrating on his own pleasure insists on sharing it with his partner. The nature of Hitchcocks cinema is to absorb the audience so completely that the Arab viewer will forget to shell his peanuts, the Frenchman will ignore the girl in the next seat, the Italian will suspend his chain smoking, the compulsive cougher will refrain
Being a huge Hitchcock fan (and cinefile in general) I found this to be one of the most rewarding reads in recent years. It was fascinating to read the transcripts of banter from (arguably) two of the best directors in film history. I especially liked the structure of Truffaut touching upon each of Hitchcocks films chronologically. Gaining Hitchcocks view on his own works (which we likely would not have obtained were it not for the candid interview) should be appreciated by any film connoisseur
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. This was a revised edition that includes an addendum by Truffaut after Hitchcock's death in 1979. It is full of insights both by Truffaut and Hitchcock and has a great amount of photographs. At times Truffaut gets a bit stuffy and opinionated and corrective of the choices
This book is about the two film directors Hitchcock and Truffaut. It is a wonderful book and Jeffrey has written a superb review today on this.So my advice is to read Jeffrey's review and then purchase this book. It is an historical document of the film world.A gem to have.
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