Robert A. Harris

James Katz and Robert Harris talk to Terry Gross about the recently restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Vertigo." Katz was the restoration producer while Harris acted as restorer.

Robert A. Harris is the producer, and along with Kevin Brownlow, one of the reconstructionists of the 1927 French silent film "Napoleon." The film used techniques such as montage, "poly-vision," and rapid edits. Harris and Brownlow tracked down missing footage across England, France, and the United States. Harris is the head of Image Film Archive, a film distribution company. Harris joins the show to discuss the film and the efforts to reconstruct it.