Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock (1978) by John Russell Taylor
(Redirected from Hitch: The Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock)
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| John Russell Taylor | |
| various (1978) | |
| ISBN 0306806770 | |
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Product Links
- Amazon (USA)
- Amazon (UK)
- Amazon (UK) - Kindle edition
- Open Library - available to borrow as an eBook
Notes
- A 2013 edition with a new introduction ("Me and Hitch") was released by Bloomsbury for the Amazon Kindle
Synopsis
One of cinema's greatest directors, a virtuoso visual artist, and a genius of the suspense genre, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is universally known for such masterpieces as Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds. The author, a distinguished film critic and friend of Hitchcock's, enjoyed his full cooperation. Based on numerous interviews, with photos from the private family albums, and an in-depth study of the making of his last film, this biography of the director is as intriguing, revealing, perverse, and entertaining as any Hitchcock classic.
Reviews
- The Times (01/Oct/1978) - The myths and mysteries of Alfred Hitchcock
- American Film (1978) - Books: Nothing Too Personal
- Film Quarterly (1979) - Hitch: The Life and Work of Alfred Hitchcock
- Cineaste (1979) - Hitchcock: the First Forty-Four Films / Hitchcock's British Films / Hitchcock's Films / Hitch: the Life and Times of Alfred Hitchcock
- Columbia Daily Spectator (13/Feb/1979) - Biography of Hitchcock is worthy, if not defintive
- Though biographies of the great director abound, most concentrate primarily on his career-making Hollywood blockbusters. Taylor's work, however, covers at great length Hitchcock's early, lesser-known British films. This remains "a worthy addition to the literature on Hitchcock". (Library Journal)
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