A Cinema of Signs: Claude Chabrol on Alfred Hitchcock

Overview

Legendary French film director and Nouvelle Vague co-founder Claude Chabrol takes us back to the mid-fifties, when he and then-fellow film critic François Truffaut met and interviewed Alfred Hitchcock under hilarious circumstances. Chabrol then describes how he went on to write, with Eric Rohmer, the first book on Hitchcock, and even served as a consultant when Hitch came to Paris to direct his film TOPAZ. Several key scenes from Hitchcock movies, with a special emphasis on UNDER CAPRICORN, are discussed and dissected.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 24, 2006

Original language

English

Cast

Claude Chabrol

Director

Robert Fischer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0926308