Hitchcock: Past and Future
- ISBN-10
- 0415275253
- ISBN-13
- 9780415275255
- Series
- Hitchcock
- Category
- Detective and mystery films
- Pages
- 284
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Richard Allen, S. Ishii-Gonzalès
Description
Alfred Hitchcock's films have had an impact on scholars of all critical persuasions to the extent that the study of his works is synonymous with the study of 20th century cinema itself. These essays reflect the length and breadth of this scholarship.
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