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The Hitchcock Romance
Lesley Brill
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Description for The Hitchcock Romance
Paperback. Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? This book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 476.
Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? Most commentators leave Hitchcock's self-assessment unquestioned, but this book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Lesley Brill discusses Hitchcock's work as a whole and examines in detail twenty-two films, from perennial favorites like North by Northwest to neglected masterpieces like Rich and Strange.
Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? Most commentators leave Hitchcock's self-assessment unquestioned, but this book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Lesley Brill discusses Hitchcock's work as a whole and examines in detail twenty-two films, from perennial favorites like North by Northwest to neglected masterpieces like Rich and Strange.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691002866
SKU
V9780691002866
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99-1
Reviews for The Hitchcock Romance
"Deserves a place alongside the most provocative and incisive Hitchcock criticism of the decade."
Choice "Brill argues his case ingeniously and goes a long way to explaining why Hitchcock was such a tease: he loved to scare us before leading us by the hand back to a world where dragons do not exist
except in the dark of the cinema."
David Coward, The ... Read more
Choice "Brill argues his case ingeniously and goes a long way to explaining why Hitchcock was such a tease: he loved to scare us before leading us by the hand back to a world where dragons do not exist
except in the dark of the cinema."
David Coward, The ... Read more