Alfred Hitchcock by Peter Ackroyd (2-Apr-2015) Hardcover
by:
Peter Ackroyd (author)
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B011T6LJQ2
Publish date: 1600
Publisher: Chatto & Windus (2 April 2015)
Edition language: English
After decades of numerous in-depth biographies, studies, analyses and memoirs of those who knew and worked with director Alfred Hitchcock, one question must spring to mind when considering any new bio of the esteemed director: what can any new book provide that hasn’t been covered before? A few ans...
Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an exact imaginary route across Europe. So how di...
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley So I love North by Northwest, that whole scene on Mount Rushmore, or to be more exact the fake Mount Rushmore, but that wasn’t my first introduction to Hitchcock. It was actually a rerun of his television series. I even went through a phrase of reco...
”Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”---Alfred HitchcockTCM a year or so ago decided for a month to stream Hitchcock movie on the weekends. I was able to catch several of his movies I’ve never seen before and watch some old favorites. To say which is ...