| Description |
xi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 403) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 373-400. |
| Contents |
The lodger (1927) -- The ring (1927) -- Easy virtue (1928) -- Champagne (1928) -- The farmer's wife (1928) -- The Manxman (1929) -- Blackmail (1929) -- Juno and the paycock (1930) -- Murder! (1930) -- The skin game (1931) -- Rich and strange (1931) -- Number seventeen (1932) -- The man who knew too much (1934) -- The 39 steps (1935) -- Secret agent (1936) -- Sabotage (1936) -- Young and innocent (1937) -- The lady vanishes (1938) -- Jamaica Inn (1939) -- Rebecca (1940) -- Foreign correspondent (1940) -- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) -- Suspicion (1941) -- Saboteur (1942) -- Shadow of a doubt (1943) -- Lifeboat (1944) -- Bon voyage (1944) and Aventure malgache (1944) -- Spellbound (1945) -- Notorious (1946) -- The Paradine case (1947) -- Rope (1948) -- Under Capricorn (1949) -- Stage fright (1950) -- Strangers on a train (1951) -- I confess (1953) -- Dial M for murder (1954) -- Rear window (1954) -- To catch a thief (1955) -- The trouble with Harry (1955) -- Alfred Hitchcock presents (1955-1957) -- The man who knew too much (1956) -- The wrong man (1956) -- Vertigo (1958) -- North by northwest (1959) -- Alfred Hitchcock presents (1958-1961) -- Psycho (1960) -- The birds (1963) -- Marnie (1964) -- Torn curtain (1966) -- Topaz (1969) -- Frenzy (1972) -- Family plot (1976). |
| Summary |
The authors spent 52 weeks, one year, chronologically watching nearly all of director Alfred Hitchhock's films (avoiding those works not legally available in the United States), recording their impressions and following the emergence and development of Hitchcock's signature themes and styles. They now invite the reader to follow the same journey with them, watching from 1927's The Lodger to 1976's Family Plot and gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of the "master of suspense" than if one stuck to the more commonly viewed films. Notes on DVD availability are included for each film and each chapter also includes notes on the film's production, trivia and points of interest, common themes, and Hitchcock's cameo experiences. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hitchcock, Alfred.
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Film.
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Hitchcock, Alfred -- études diverses.
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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980. (OCoLC)fst00032434
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Hitchcock, Alfred.
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Film.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
San Juan, Eric, 1973-
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| ISBN |
9780810863880 (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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081086388X (cloth: alkaline paper) |
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9780810863897 (ebook) |
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0810863898 (ebook) |
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