- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Essentials; Expanded edition edition (24 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903047005
- ISBN-13: 978-1903047002
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.1 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The first in a new series spotlighting film directors that will tell readers everything they need to know about them in one essential guide. Includes an introductory essay on Hitchcock, reviews and analysis of all of Hitchcock's films, and a handy reference section that lists all the far weightier books about Hitchcock that, at a price, are available to the enthusiast.
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Paul Duncan is the co-founder of Crime Time magazine and edited The Third Degree: Crime Writers in Conversation (No Exit Press). He is the author of Pocket Essentials on Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock, Film Noir and Noir Fiction.
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The perfect accompaniment to a diet of Hitchcock,
This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock (Pocket Essentials) (Paperback)
This small but perfectly formed book is an ideal starter for anyone beginning on a three course meal of Hitchcock's classic cinema.Duncan's excellent chronoligcal guide to Hitchcock's films, outlines all of the key moments,players and technical features which have made Hitchcock one of the most enduring names in British cinema.Duncan utilises space just as Hitchock mastered technique.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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trivial, poorly written guide to film master,
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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock (Pocket Essentials) (Paperback)
The great English filmmaker has been the subject of numerous wonderful books through the years--volumes by Spoto, Durgnat, the great interview book by Truffaut. This tiny, modest work--more like a little promotional folder you might find at a film tribute on the "for free" table--certainly does not deserve to be placed among those earlier creditable efforts. With little to say on the subject and a painful prose style with which to say it, this book is reminiscent of a collegiate fanzine. The publisher claims it has aimed the book at the "MTV Generation" by which I get the impression they mean readers having the attention span of three minutes--Beavis goes to the movies?-- which is just a little less than this short book takes to absorb. The book's value, if any, is for someone wanting a convenient little listing of Hitch's works for crosschecking their video collection perhaps. I will close by saying something positive about the book--at under 5 dollars it is certainly the cheapest book on Hitchcock.
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Ideal reference source,
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This review is from: Alfred Hitchcock (Pocket Essentials) (Paperback)
I do some writing and lecturing on film and find this book to be an ideal reference source. There are succinct and to-the-point plots, subtext and 'making of' sections for each of Hitch's 50 odd films. It's author Paul Duncan has fitted it all in considering the size of the book, and at this price you can't go wrong! The author has also peppered the text with his own opinions and has the nerve to rate the films - quite accurately pointing out that Hitchcock made bad films as well as good ones. I can see how this irreverent attitude to Hitchcock could get up the noses of some academics, but I found it refreshing. His opinions, I find, are also good starting points for discussions about Hitchcock. At the back, there is a reference section where Paul Duncan gives his opinion about other reference books - something I have not seen done elsewhere.
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