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The Complexity of Influence
The Soft Skin
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In this video essay, produced in 2014, film critic Kent Jones details how director Alfred Hitchcock influenced François Truffaut’s filmmaking, especially in THE SOFT SKIN.
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Truffaut on THE SOFT SKIN
In this excerpt from a December 1965 episode of the French television program “Cinéastes de notre temps,” director François Truffaut talks about the origins of THE SOFT SKIN, shooting its love scenes, and choreographing its finale.
