Henri-Georges Clouzot: A Retrospective

Alfred Hitchcock had one real competitor for the title of Master of Suspense: the French filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot. Hitchcock himself invited the comparison, and Clouzot remarked publicly about how he was flattered by the comparison. This reputation comes from about half of Clouzot’s films starting with his first, L’assassin habite au 21, through his best known films, a quartet that includes Le Corbeau, Quai des Orfevres, Les Diaboliques, and Wages of Fear.

However, Clouzot remains ...