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After reading a book by this critic, Aki Kaurismäki (“kow-riss-MACK-ee”) decided to adapt Crime and Punishment as his debut film. Former spy Helen Grace Scott assisted this critic with a book he rage-wrote after someone told him that he only thought highly of a certain film because he had never been to Greenwich Village. The careers of a duo of directors known by the portmanteau (15[1])Aurenchébost (“oh-RAWN-shay-bost”) were killed by this critic’s ruthless essay examining a “certain tendency” of a film industry. (15[2])In his elaboration of a concept introduced by this critic, Andrew (*) Sarris used (-5[1])an indirect English translation (-5[2])of the word (10[1])“politique.” A 1967 book (-5[1])by this critic breaks down (-5[1])editing techniques via stills from films like Sabotage and Shadow of a Doubt. This critic was the first to use the word “auteur” in a film theoretic sense. For 10 points, name this Cahiers du cinéma (“kah-YAY doo cinema”) critic who published a book-length interview with Alfred (10[1])Hitchcock (10[1])four years after directing Jules and Jim. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: François Truffaut (“frawn-swah troo-FOH”) [or François Roland Truffaut] (After reading a quote from Hitchcock saying that he’d never dare to touch Crime and Punishment because it was too difficult, Kaurismäki thought “I’ll show you, old man,” but ended up realizing it was indeed too difficult: )
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