Hitchcock biography reviews / requests
10-19-03, 10:19 AM
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new hitchcock biography sounds promising
just read a review for this in a magazine and thought i'd give everyone a heads up. sounds really interesting and it got a good review.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...060849-2732917
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...060849-2732917
08-07-04, 05:09 PM
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hitchcock book
hi can anyone recommend me a good book to read about alfred hitchcock. im looking for something thats about his movies and his life and I looked on amazon and their are a ton of books to pick and im not sure which are any good. I have seen alot of his films and my favorites are rear window and shadow of a doubt.
thanks for any recommendations.
thanks for any recommendations.
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In past threads looking at film-related writing - and also when I looked outside of this forum using Google - the names Truffaut and Spoto seemed to be those most recommended so far as Hitchcock books were concerned.
08-18-04, 03:33 PM
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I just finished the Truffaut book. It is very good but it isn't really a biography. The format of the book is a series of interviews where Truffaut and Hitch discuss each of Hitchcock's films. They discuss, casting, script, problems, anecdotes. Hitchcock is very candid about his successes and failures and his dry wit really shines through.
