The men share traits - in a pre-DVD/internet age both men have a ridiculous ability to recall single shots and moments - but Jones makes clear the differences. What’s delightful here is Truffaut’s fanboyish enthusiasm quizzing Hitchcock on his his ideal of “pure cinema” and wheedling out some tricks of the trade (in Suspicion, Hitch put a light bulb in milk to make it glow). Hitchcock spoke no French so Truffaut’s colleague Helen Scott does a nimble job of translating and remains the unsung hero of the whole enterprise. The first tells the story of the interview itself, an eight-day marathon tête-à-tête at Universal Studios using audio tape punctuated by pictures. Narrated by Bob Balaban - Truffaut’s sidekick in Close Encounters - the film falls into three sections.
A love of movies and their head-spinning, heart-stopping power and possibilities courses through every frame.
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