Provides a compact study of the famed director's life and career, combining biography and criticism.
Profiles the life and accomplishments of the British filmmaker known for his distinctive style of directing and his films that featured suspenseful and surprising plots.
The Albert Hall sequence is perfectly balanced and in fact fulfilled by the episode at the embassy which follows immediately; in Man-1, the concert was followed by an annoyingly anticlimactic shoot-out. Herc, Hank is locked in an ...
For this book, Whitty draws on primary-source materials such as interviews he conducted with associates of the director—including screenwriter Jay Presson Allen (Marnie), actresses Eva Marie Saint (North by Northwest) and Kim Novak ...
With insights into his relationships with Hollywood legends – such as Cary Grant, James Stewart, Ingrid Bergman, and Grace Kelly – as well as his 54-year marriage to Alma Reville and his inspirations in the thriller genre, the book is ...
Meet the inventor of modern horror. This complete guide to the Hitchcock canon is a movie buff's dream: from his 1925 debut The Pleasure Garden to 1976's swan song Family Plot, we trace the filmmaker's entire life and career.
Presents a collection of interviews with the British film director which span his five decade career. A collection of interviews with the director who has become synonymous with both stylish, sophisticated suspense and mordant black comedy
In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world.
José Luis Castro profesor del Departamento de Arte de la Universidad de Vigo asegura que todavía queda mucho campo en el estudio de la obra de Alfred Hitchcock y su influencia en la evolución del lenguaje del cine desde su llegada a ...
Nicholas Haeffner provides a comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock's major British and Hollywood films and usefully navigates the reader through a wealth of critical commentaries. One of the acknowledged giants...
"The book is a fascinating journey through the portrait of this famous filmmaker, the master of suspense and thrillers, thanks to an analysis of the first so-called "special effects", today essential to so much contemporary cinema.