HITCHCOCK (REVISED EDITION)

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Summary: the best
Review: this is my favorite film book, the one that made me want to be a filmmaker... i stumbled across it when i was 13 or 14, probably not even knowing who truffaut was... lifechanging... i would recommend it to anyone...

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Summary: One of the best books on film!
Review: This is one of the best books on film ever written. Truffaut has seen everyone of Hitch's movies and the two of them discuss all aspects of his work. A great example of how artists think about their media.

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Summary: Great Read for any Hitchcock Lover
Review: This is THE book for anyone who's seen the Master of Suspense's classics, and want to know more about them. Truffuat, a great director in his own right, is one of the best interviewers I have ever read. His own knowledge of film and its techniques lend him particular insight into what makes Hitch tick. Perhaps best of all, you learn which of his movies Sir Alfred liked; which he didn't; and even projects or sequences he always wished to do, but never could. The only problem is that if you have not seen a movie they are discussing, they explain the plot, with the ending, so watch out for spoilers. Still, Hitchcock didn't give many interviews and this one isn't to be missed

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Summary: An insight into the nature of film
Review: This title is one of those books that can make people choose film as the medium of their expression. Hitch reveals the nature of cinema: it's specific qualities that makes it different from all other arts (especially from theatre- pure cinema is exactly the opposite of theater). He makes once again images most important in medium of film and reveals himself as an author that is primarily interested in form (I don't mean craft). He is something like a Picasso of Cinema: Hitch's content comes from his the exploration of form. Hitch's thoughts reminds us of what cinema should be - and together with another great author, Truffaut - makes this book a must for all film fans.

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Summary: Two giants for the price of one
Review: True fans of Alfred Hitchcock pictures who know little about the man personally can get great insight into his character by reading Francios Truffaut's interviews. Mr. Hitchcock appears to have been a flawed genius who believed he always had the ability to create the perfect picture. Reading this made his comparison of actors and cattle make sense. Having now read several filmmaker-to-filmmaker interview books (Welles-Bogdanovich, Wilder-Crowe among them) I would not count this the best, but it is certainly among them. The book made me look deeper into Hitchcock's work and gave me new insight into all his films. What more could one who is interested this genre ask?

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Summary: ego
Review: William Goldman, in his book ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE said of this book: "for me the silly auteur theory peaked with the publication of one of the genuinely ego-ridden books of the postwar world, the Truffaut/Hitchcock interview. It purports to talk about directing, but on every page the subtext tells us: `Aren't you fourtunate that we're around to tell you these things?'"