A Year of Hitchcock
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A Year of Hitchcock

52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense

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eBook - ePub

A Year of Hitchcock

52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense

About this book

Alfred Hitchcock's career spanned more than five decades, during which he directed more than 50 films, many of them indisputable classics: Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho, among others. In A Year of Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense, authors Jim McDevitt and Eric San Juan provide a comprehensive examination of Hitchcock's film-to-film development, spanning from the beginning of his career in silents to his final film in 1976, including his work on two French propaganda shorts he directed during World War II and segments he directed for Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Organized into 52 chapters and arranged in chronological order, the book invites readers to spend a year with the director's most notable works, all of which are available on DVD. Each film is examined in the context of Hitchcock's career, as the authors consider the themes central to his work; discuss each film's production; comment on the cast, script, and other aspects of the film; and assess the film's value to the Hitchcock viewer. From The Lodger to Family Plot, 68 works directed by Hitchcock are analyzed. Each analysis is supplemented by key film facts, trivia, awards, a guide to his cameos, a filmography, and a listing of available DVD releases. Whether readers decide to undertake the journey through his films one week at a time or pick and choose at their discretion, A Year of Hitchcock will open the eyes of any viewer who wants to better understand this director's evolution as an artist.

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Information

Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780810863897
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. Week 1 The Lodger (1927)
  4. Week 2 The Ring (1927)
  5. Week 3 Easy Virtue (1928)
  6. Week 4 Champagne (1928)
  7. Week 5 The Farmer’s Wife (1928)
  8. Week 6 The Manxman (1929)
  9. Week 7 Blackmail (1929)
  10. Week 8 Juno and the Paycock (1930)
  11. Week 9 Murder! (1930)
  12. Week 10 The Skin Game (1931)
  13. Week 11 Rich and Strange (1931)
  14. Week 12 Number Seventeen (1932)
  15. Week 13 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
  16. Week 14 The 39 Steps (1935)
  17. Week 15 Secret Agent (1936)
  18. Week 16 Sabotage (1936)
  19. Week 17 Young and Innocent (1937)
  20. Week 18 The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  21. Week 19 Jamaica Inn (1939)
  22. Week 20 Rebecca (1940)
  23. Week 21 Foreign Correspondent (1940)
  24. Week 22 Mr. & Mrs. Smith(1941)
  25. Week 23 Suspicion (1941)
  26. Week 24 Saboteur (1942)
  27. Week 25 Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
  28. Week 26 Lifeboat (1944)
  29. Week 27 Bon Voyage (1944) and Aventure malgache (1944)
  30. Week 28 Spellbound (1945)
  31. Week 29 Notorious (1946)
  32. Week 30 The Paradine Case (1947)
  33. Week 31 Rope (1948)
  34. Week 32 Under Capricorn (1949)
  35. Week 33 Stage Fright (1950)
  36. Week 34 Strangers on a Train (1951)
  37. Week 35 I Confess (1953)
  38. Week 36 Dial M for Murder (1954)
  39. Week 37 Rear Window (1954)
  40. Week 38 To Catch a Thief (1955)
  41. Week 39 The Trouble with Harry (1955)
  42. Week 40 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1957)
  43. Week 41 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
  44. Week 42 The Wrong Man (1956)
  45. Week 43 Vertigo (1958)
  46. Week 44 North by Northwest (1959)
  47. Week 45 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961)
  48. Week 46 Psycho (1960)
  49. Week 47 The Birds (1963)
  50. Week 48 Marnie (1964)
  51. Week 49 Torn Curtain (1966)
  52. Week 50 Topaz (1969)
  53. Week 51 Frenzy (1972)
  54. Week 52 Family Plot (1976)
  55. Appendix A Hitchcockian Themes
  56. Appendix B Filmography
  57. Notes
  58. Selected Bibliography
  59. About the Authors