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Hitchcock/Truffaut tells a fascinating true story with all the respect and detail that it deserves. It gives us a look at both filmmakers' lives and careers with an insightful and interesting analasys of their storytelling techniques and visual craft. It was always interesting to see various well-known filmmakers giving their own opinions on these two director's work and the influence they had on modern cinema. Overall, Hitchcock/Truffaut is a well-made and intriguing documentary, recommended for fans of its subjects and movie lovers in general alike.

An insightful look at the remarkable interaction between two of cinema's greatest auteurs. This engaging documentary features intriguing moments from the historic 1962 meeting of these consummate artists, coupled with observations about their work from many of today's leading directors. The film would have benefited from a little more attention to Truffaut's repertoire, but, this shortcoming aside, this offering is solid in virtually every other respect. A must-see for die-hard cinephiles.

You have to love this documentary if you love movies, if you love insight into art and what makes artists tick, and especially if you love Hitchcock! I read the seminal book it's based on and can testify it is about as good an adaptation as can be in this form working well as an entertaining 'movie' itself. Most interesting is the great contemporary insight from the likes of Scorsese and Fincher among others. The director of this film says that the great movies today are as great as in any period, but the mid level films are far worse today than in the past. Smart guy and he's absolutely right! A lame Hitchcock is still way better than most over praised by critics or box office hits are today.