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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
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