François Truffaut

Heavily composed of archival footage, this feature delves deep into the filmmaking mind of Alfred Hitchcock – locked in discussion with legendary French director François Truffaut (The 400 Blows). These interviews expose Hitchcock as a master craftsman of cinematic suspense.

Jean-Luc Godard's innovative and hugely influential first film, what would become one of the seminal works of the French New Wave. Paying homage to the energy of American gangster B-movies of the 1940s, Godard took his plotline from a news item, supplied by contemporary François Truffaut, in which a cop-killer was harboured by his girlfriend and casually betrayed for the reward money.

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi drama following Roy Neary, a simple cable man hampered with a vision of a mountain-like location. Provoked by an intrusive obsession, he seeks out this mysterious place.

François Truffaut's feature debut, a landmark in modern cinema, follows the young and unhappy Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), who resolves to leave home and school and make a life for himself.