Hitchcock/Truffaut (film)
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Directed by | Kent Jones |
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Based on | Hitchcock/Truffaut by François Truffaut |
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Narrated by | Bob Balaban |
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Edited by | Rachel Reichman |
Music by | Jeremiah Bornfield |
Distributed by | Cohen Media Group |
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Running time | 80 minutes[1] |
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Box office | $302,459[2] |
Hitchcock/Truffaut is a 2015 documentary film directed by Kent Jones.
Summary
It is about
Cast
- Alfred Hitchcock
- François Truffaut
- Wes Anderson
- Olivier Assayas
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Arnaud Desplechin
- David Fincher
- James Gray
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa
- Richard Linklater
- Paul Schrader
- Martin Scorsese
Release
Hitchcock/Truffaut premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and was shown in the TIFF Docs section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[4][5] The film grossed $300,000 at the box office.
Reception
Hitchcock/Truffaut received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 95% score based on 110 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's consensus states: "Essential viewing for cineastes while still offering rich rewards for neophytes, Hitchcock/Truffaut offers an affectionate -- and well-crafted -- tribute to a legend".[6] Metacritic reports a 79 out of 100 rating based on 25 critics.[7]
Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a grade of "A−", commenting that "the best part is getting to hear both men talk about their art in exhaustive, almost fetishistic detail".[8] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film 3.5 out of 4, saying, "My only problem with Hitchcock/Truffaut is that it's too short at 80 minutes."[9] Peter Debruge of Variety called it "Accessible yet intelligent".[10] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "this documentary will be a top draw wherever films about filmmakers are welcome".[11]
At the 38th Denver Film Festival, it won the Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary Film.[12]
References
- ^ "Hitchcock/Truffaut (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
- ^ "Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ Roger Ebert
- ^ "Toronto Film Festival Adds 60+ Titles". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ Singer, Matt (10 September 2015). "'Hitchcock/Truffaut' Review: One of the Best Film Books of All Time Is Now a Movie". Screen Crush. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Nashawaty, Chris (1 December 2015). "'Hitchcock/Truffaut': EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Travers, Peter (3 December 2015). "Hitchcock/Truffaut". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (29 May 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'Hitchcock/Truffaut'". Variety. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ McCarthy, Todd (20 May 2015). "'Hitchcock/Truffaut': Cannes Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ Travers, Andrew (19 November 2015). "Aspen Times Weekly: Highlights from the 38th annual Denver Film Festival". The Aspen Times. Retrieved 10 February 2017.