HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT
DOCS D: Kent Jones. U.S./France. 80 min. Sep 10, 6:30 pm Scotiabank 14 Sep 11, 11:30 am Jackman Hall (AGO) Sep 19, 9:45 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 2. See listing. Rating: NNNN
Soon after The Birds was completed in 1964, François Truffaut sat down with Alfred Hitchcock to discuss the master of suspense’s filmography. Jones uses footage of their week-long encounter as the basis for a riveting documentary that captures the personalities of the two men, as well as the impact Truffaut’s subsequent book on Hitchcock’s films, had on other filmmakers. (Martin Scorsese found the book “revolutionary,” and for Olivier Assayas it was “essential.”)
The doc offers up the unique experience of rediscovering Hitchcock through the perceptive and eloquent voice of Truffaut and being in the same room with two masters of cinema as Hitchcock unspools a seemingly endless stream of bon mots.
