François Truffaut at the AFI
Jules and Jim • 29m
On February 28, 1979, director François Truffaut conducted a seminar at the American Film Institute. In the following compilation of excerpts from that seminar, Truffaut delivers his responses in French, with translation provided by film scholar Annette Insdorf.
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