Hitchcock on Hitchcock. Volume 2 : selected writings and interviews / edited by Sidney Gottlieb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, Author.

Contributor:

Gottlieb, Sidney, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Production and direction.

Motion pictures.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Interviews.

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (738 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second volume of Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his life and work and the art of cinema contains material long out of print, not easily accessible, and in some cases forgotten or unknown. Edited by Sidney Gottlieb, this new collection of interviews, articles with the great director's byline, and "as-told-to" pieces provides an enlivening perspective on a career that spanned seven decades and transformed the history of cinema. In writings and interviews imbued with the same exuberance and originality that he brought to his films, Hitchcock ranges from accounts of his own life and experiences to provocative comments on filmmaking techniques and cinema in general. Wry, thoughtful, witty, and humorous-as well as brilliantly informative and insightful-this volume contains much valuable material that adds to our understanding and appreciation of a titan who decades after his death remains one of the most renowned and influential of all filmmakers. François Truffaut once said that Hitchcock "had given more thought to the potential of his art than any of his colleagues." This profound contemplation of his art is superbly captured in the pieces from all periods of Hitchcock's career gathered in this volume, which reveal fascinating details about how he envisioned and attempted to create a "pure cinema" that was entertaining, commercially successful, and artistically ambitious and innovative in an environment that did not always support this lofty goal.

Contents:

Hitchcock on Hitchcock, Volume 2

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

STORIES AND SUSPENSE

The Henley Telegraph Stories

Good-night, Nurse! (c. 1922-23)

Hitchcock on Stories (1937)

Lights! Action!-but Mostly Camera! (1941)

Hitchcock, Master Maker of Mystery (1941)

Introduction to Intrigue: Four Great Spy Novels of Eric Ambler (1943)

The Quality of Suspense (1945)

The Film Thriller (1946)

Death in the Crystal Ball (1950)

The Wise Man of Kumin (1951)

The Chloroform Clue: My Favorite True Mystery (1953)

"It's the Manner of Telling": An Interview with Alfred Hitchcock (1976)

PURE CINEMA AND THE HITCHCOCK TOUCH

Titles-Artistic and Otherwise (1921)

How a Talking Film Is Made (1929)

Why I Make Melodramas (1937)

Some Thoughts on Color (1937)

The "Hitch" Touch (1946)

Encounter with Alfred Hitchcock (1956)

Alfred Hitchcock Murders a Blonde (1958)

My Favorite Film Character Is-ME! (1959)

A Lesson in PSYCHO-logy (1960)

Rear Window (1968)

ON DIRECTORS AND DIRECTING

An Autocrat of the Film Studio (1928)

A New "Chair" Which a Woman Might Fill (1929)

A Columbus of the Screen (1931)

Britain Must Be Great (1932)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Hitchcock on Truffaut (1962)

Declaration of Alfred Hitchcock (1967)

Interview with Alfred Hitchcock (1973)

HITCHCOCK AT WORK

Making Murder! (1930)

Hitchcock's Notes on Stage Fright (c. 1950)

Interview with Alfred Hitchcock (1955)

Alfred Hitchcock Brings His Directing Techniques to the Medium of Television (1955)

Hitch: I Wish I Didn't Have to Shoot the Picture (1966)

HITCHCOCK SPEAKS

Hitchcock Speaking (1956)

Women (1959)

Alfred Hitchcock Resents (1962)

The Chairman of the Board (1964)

John Player Lecture (1967)

Interview: Alfred Hitchcock (1978)

Selected Bibliography

Acknowledgments of Permissions

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2014).

ISBN:

9780520279605

0520279603

9780520960398

0520960394

OCLC:

894171695