They're all on hand to testify in Hitchcock/Truffaut, a movie about a book about movies. If that sounds like too many layers, consider the treasures wrapped within.

At a time when Hitchcock was thought of as a mere popular entertainer, Truffaut insisted that Hitchcock was an important artist. A film critic turned director who by his early 30s had already made ...

A half century after its release, “Hitchcock/Truffaut” remains one of the most enthralling studies of creative thought that’s still in print.

The book’s premise is simple: In 1962, director Francois Truffaut sat down with one of his idols, director Alfred Hitchcock.

Truffaut adapted the interviews into the 1966 book, "Hitchcock/Truffaut." That book, which analyzed each of Hitchcock's films, often frame by frame, became a touchstone for many young directors.

A new documentary on François Truffaut’s book of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock illuminates the relationship between the work of the French New Wave and that of directors for major Hollywood ...

In 1962, the young French filmmaker François Truffaut spent a week interviewing his hero, Alfred Hitchcock, and turned the encounter into the seminal film book known in English as Hitchcock ...

Fifty years ago, Francois Truffaut published a book of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock. Film directors have been cribbing from it ever since. And now there’s a movie!

KPBS film critic Beth Accomando says the new documentary opening this weekend at the Ken Cinema, Hitchcock/Truffaut, brings to vivid life the famous week-long interview between the Master of ...

It’s easy to see the book (Truffaut called it a “livrefilm” or his “Hitchbook”) as a bridge between two eras of movies: Hitchcock’s classical period, with its careful compositions and ...

Yet for a book so rich with shoptalk, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" has, for nearly half a century, also retained its reputation as a witty, breezy read, a canonical text for anyone interested in movies.

The resulting book, Hitchcock/Truffaut, ultimately changed the perception of the director for many American critics and has become a necessary resource for filmmakers. Filmmaker and critic Kent ...