Hitchcock

Francois Truffaut

12/2015 · Vendido por Simon and Schuster

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Iconic, groundbreaking interviews of Alfred Hitchcock by film critic François Truffaut—providing insight into the cinematic method, the history of film, and one of the greatest directors of all time.

In Hitchcock, film critic François Truffaut presents fifty hours of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock about the whole of his vast directorial career, from his silent movies in Great Britain to his color films in Hollywood. The result is a portrait of one of the greatest directors the world has ever known, an all-round specialist who masterminded everything, from the screenplay and the photography to the editing and the soundtrack. Hitchcock discusses the inspiration behind his films and the art of creating fear and suspense, as well as giving strikingly honest assessments of his achievements and failures, his doubts and hopes. This peek into the brain of one of cinema’s greats is a must-read for all film aficionados.

Classificações e críticas

Coming from someone who has never seen a movie from Mr. Hitchcock, I only heard of this book from another book and from a video on YouTube, and loves anything related to storytelling, this book was pretty "delicious". Reading an interview of one of the masters of cinema and of the golden rule of "show, don't tell" is quite an experience that only those that aren't interested in anything related to storytelling will find it "tasteless", like a sweet without sugar or, to put it simply, a bag of popcorn without any salt or butter whatsoever.

Acerca do autor

François Truffaut (1932–1984) was an award-winning film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic. Regarded as a founder of the French cinema’s New Wave, some of his works include The 400 Blows, Day For Night, and The Wild Child.