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quixotism
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973)
Fair documentary, with a tendency to give away endings.
13 June 2000 - 1 out of 4 users found this review helpful.
A fair, albeit overly glossy, "documentary" that avoids any substantial critical information or valuable historical information. I have trouble placing it. If it is to be considered as a clip reel, it is not a great one. The AFI tribute to Hitchcock is much more entertaining, for those purposes. As is Dial H For Hitchcock, a recent doc narrated by Kevin Spacey. However, all of these fail as an introduction to the Master of Suspense largely because they tend to spoil the endings of his films.
Reading Truffaut's book will do any potential viewers much better.
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