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Gathered here for the first time are Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this ample selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema. Bringing the same exuberance and originality to his writing as he did to his films, he ranges from accounts of his own life and experiences to techniques of filmmaking and ideas about cinema in general. Wry, thoughtful, witty, and humorous - as well as brilliantly informative - this selection reveals another side of the most renowned filmmaker of our time.
About the author
Sidney Gottlieb is Professor of Communications and Media Studies at Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Connecticut. He coedits the Hitchcock Annual (with Richard Allen), and his books include Hitchcock on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews, Volume 2; Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews; and Roberto Rossellini’s Rome Open City.
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Gathers together Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema.
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"This is a book for anyone interested in Hitchcock the man and the - yes - artist; but also for those concerned with the history of British and American cinema, and with how these films, or some of their famous scenes, were made; and, at least intermittently, for those who fancy a good anecdote, a bit of tart humour, some iconoclastic views, and many fine insights into art and life - along with others of a more dubious nature." - John Simon, Times Literary Supplement
