Film -- Biography
Even twenty years after his death and nearly fifty or more years
after his creative peak, Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) is still
arguably the most instantly recognizable film director in name,
appearance, vision, and voice. Long ago, through a combination of
timing, talent, genius, energy, and publicity, he made the key
transition from proper noun to adjective that confirms celebrity
and true stature. It is a rare filmwatcher indeed who cannot define
"Hitchcockian."
As the director of such films as "Psycho," "North by Northwest,"
"Spellbound," "Vertigo," "Rear Window," "To Catch a Thief,"
"Notorious," and "The Birds," Hitchcock has become synonymous with
both stylish, sophisticated suspense and mordant black comedy. He
was one of the most interviewed directors in the history of film.
Among the hundreds of interviews he gave, those in this collection
catch Hitchcock 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.
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.
Sidney Gottlieb, a professor of English at Sacred Heart
University in Fairfield, Connecticut, is the editor of "Hitchcock
on Hitchcock: Selected Writings and Interviews."
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