Cinephiles, cineastes, movie buffs and film fans, roll up! A Hitchcock/Truffaut new clip has just been unveiled that pools in the combined powers of Martin Scorsese, the Master of Suspense and one of the French New Wave’s greatest filmmakers. It’s a crossing of cinematic streams that could destroy us all, were it not, in fact, just very awesome indeed.
The legendary meeting of Alfred Hitchcock and François Truffaut, initiated by the Frenchmen’s letters of appreciation to the Londoner, took place across eight days in 1962 with the publication of a book the planned outcome. Truffaut probably wasn't expecting it to yield a documentary 54 years later too, but he’d no doubt have been thrilled those eight movie-filled days are being shared again.
That doc represents a kind of Frost/Nixon of cinematic giants (only without the Nixon bit). Director Kent Jones offers a visual journey through Hitchcock’s filmography, marrying footage of the pair’s 1962 interviews with Bob Balaban’s narration. The result is filled with all the tips, tricks, theories and controversies (see: Psycho's staircase scene) of Hitch's glorious career.
Alongside Scorsese, other filmmaking luminaries pop up to lend their thoughts. Look out for contributions from David Fincher, Paul Schrader, Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson and Olivier Assayas, among others, when Hitchcock/Truffaut reaches our screens on March 4.