Hitchcock and Truffaut: A Dialog

Author: Truffaut
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book is a dialogue between French film director Fran?ois Truffaut and the world-class suspense master Alfred Hitchcock on the subject of film art. It is a book that is challenging, revealing the true nature of Hitchcock, a vulnerable and sensitive individual, and documenting the artistic secrets of this great film artist, who has been active in the film industry since the silent film era, as he approaches the end of his career. The conversation lasted for four years, during which Hitchcock answered 500 questions from Truffaut about his film career. Truffaut posed his inquiries to Hitchcock in the manner of Oedipus seeking divine guidance, attempting to unravel the unique structure of the "Hitchcockian film language" through his entire body of work—precisely this structure formed his imitable style.