Alfred Hitchcock : interviews / edited by Sidney Gottlieb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gottlieb, Sidney.

Series:

Conversations with filmmakers series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Interviews.

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.

Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

liv, 218 pages : portrait ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2003]

Summary:

Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) was one of the most interviewed directors in the history of film. Among the hundreds of interviews he gave, those in this collection catch him at key moments of transition in his long career -- as he moved from silent to sound pictures, from England to America, from thrillers to complex romances, and from director to producer-director. Such films as Psycho, North by Northwest, Spellbound, Vertigo, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Notorious, and The Birds made the Hitchcock imprint synonymous with both stylish, sophisticated suspense and mordant black comedy. These conversations dramatize his shifting attitudes on a variety of cinematic matters that engaged and challenged him, including the role of stars in a movie, the importance of story, the use of sound and color, his relationship to the medium of television, and the attractions and perils of realism. His engaging wit and intelligence are on display here as are his sophistication, serious contemplation, and playful manipulation of the interviewer.

Contents:

The Talkie King Talks / Evening News 3

Advance Monologue / Oswell Blakeston 5

Half the World in a Talkie / Evening News 7

The Man Who Made The 39 Steps: Pen Portrait of Alfred Hitchcock / Norah Baring 10

Britain's Leading Film Director Gives Some Hints to the Film Stars of the Future / Mary Benedetta 14

Mr. Hitchcock Discovers Love / Frank S. Nugent 17

Production Methods Compared / The Cine-Technician 23

Alfred Hitchcock's Working Credo / Gerald Pratley 34

Story of an Interview / Claude Chabrol 38

Hitchcock / Ian Cameron, V. F. Perkins 44

Alfred Hitchcock: Mr. Chastity / Oriana Fallaci 55

Alfred Hitchcock on His Films / Huw Wheldon 67

Let's Hear It for Hitchcock / Emerson Batdorf 73

Dialogue on Film: Alfred Hitchcock / American Film Institute 84

Alfred Hitchcok / Janet Maslin 105

Hitch, Hitch, Hitch, Hurrah! / Rui Nogueira, Nicoletta Zalaffi 119

Alfred Hitchcock / Charles Thomas Samuels 129

Alfred Hitchcock: The German Years / Bob Thomas 156

Conversation with Alfred Hitchcock / Arthur Knight 160

Hitchcock / Andy Warhol 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

ISBN:

1578065615

1578065623

OCLC:

50511462