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Review title: Oft-told tales offer caricature not a complete portrait
Product review: I am giving Truffaut's interview with Hitchcock a single star because it has been revered as "the" book on this master director for way too long. I first read this book years ago as a new student of film and Hitchcock. Since that time I have read lots more about Hitchcock and with each new piece of the puzzle, have determined after re-reading it recently that there is little that is new or exclusive to this book. Hitchcock often told the same stories elsewhere, both before and after publication of this book some thirty plus years ago. The books sole value is as an entertainment, or as a Hitchcock-primer. This book merely provides what Hitchcock wanted to say of himself, the packaged image, just like his famous caricature. There are many other books to choose from which offer a more complete portrait. Seek them out ...
