Bücher von Francois Truffaut

Based on the famous series of dialogues between Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock from the 1960s, this book moves chronologically through Hitchcock's films to discuss his career, techniques, and effects he achieved. It changed the way Hitchcock was perceived, as a popular director of suspense films - such as Psycho and The Birds.

Reprint. Previously published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971.

With over 80 photos included, this screenplay of the 1970 film tells the true story of the 1798 capturing of a wild child in a French forest and the efforts of a dedicated young doctor to civilize and educate him. Found by huntsmen in a southern French forest in 1798, the Wild Child cannot walk, speak, read, or write. Thrown into jail and assumed to fail at becoming civilized, no one has any hope for the child’s recovery. But when a kind doctor develops interest in the child, he begins to educate him and try to restore his development so the child may live a sort of normal life. After countless hours of love and patience, Doctor Itard is able to obtain results and help the child begin to develop normally. From the film based on the technical report and medical notes of the real discovery of the Wild Child, this screenplay gives readers a look at the genius behind the French screenwriter who developed the film of Fahrenheit 451 and The 400 Blows.

Humorvoll, klug, verschmitzt, ironisch, keiner Pointe und Anekdote abhold, so präsentierte sich Alfred Hitchcock in den ausführlichen Interviews, die François Truffaut mit ihm führte und in denen er 500 Fragen beantwortete. Entstanden ist daraus das vielleicht aufschlussreichste Filmbuch überhaupt, eine Hommage an Hitchcock und an das Filmemachen.