Hitchcock

What surprised me most was not only Francois Truffaut's knowledge of the cinema, but his knowledge about Alfred Hitchcock movies. As a former critic and an acclaimed director by then, Truffaut was one of the most suitable for the task. Truffaut studied Hitchcock, memorized some of his favorite movies, and interviewed Hitchcock about his carer film by film.


The revised edition has an additional chapter, where Truffaut covers what happened after the original edition release in 1966, and up until Hitchcock's death. In this edition Truffaut added some commentary, letters from Hitchcock and some more interviews.

This is indeed a definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock, a master class.