6/11/2023 0 Comments François truffaut hitchcockNever out of print, it has influenced successive generations of directors and helped to authenticate Hitchcock’s reputation as the supreme example of an auteur working within the studio system. Since its publication in 1966, Hitchcock/Truffaut has become one of the classic guides to the art and craft of filmmaking, as well as the definitive study of Hitchcock’s work. Although Truffaut claimed that the recordings lasted 50 hours, the surviving tapes - which cover the 1962 interviews - last for less than 26 hours. In 1984, Hitchcock's daughter Patricia donated a set of the interview tapes to the Margaret Herrick Library, where they are now part of the Hitchcock Collection. The interviews were recorded onto reel-to-reel audio-tapes and the content eventually edited down by Truffaut for his book on Hitchcock. Truffaut, who spoke very little English, hired Helen Scott of the French Film Office in New York, as translator between himself and Hitchcock. Hitchcock agreed and later that summer the interviews took place over the course of a week at the director’s office on the Universal Studios lot whilst he was completing post-production work on The Birds. On June 2nd 1962, Francois Truffaut wrote a letter to Alfred Hitchcock asking whether he might interview him in depth about his life and career. Francois Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock, and translator Helen Scott.
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