Detroit Metro Times
"The ideal book for anyone who has ever wanted to retrace the master's steps around the Bay Area."
Premiere Magazine
"Beyond merely categorizing everything about their beloved city, Kraft and Leventhal let their love of the director's movies break through the mist."
San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Book Review
"A window into Hitchcock's Bay Area past . . . A Christmas gift to Bay Area denizens and Hitchcock lovers everywhere!"
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"Jeff Kraft and Aaron Leventhal make it great fun to play lost-and-found in Hitchcock's San Francisco. . . . unique, haunting, and indispensable."
Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian
"I can't think of a better subject for such a pursuit than Hitchcock and San Francisco."
Publishers Weekly
"A meticulously researched work . . . An essential part of any Hitchcock fan's collection."
Director's Guild of America (DGA) Magazine
"Expertly demonstrates how a location can shape a master artist's work. . . . A must addition for your next trip."
Santa Cruz Sentinel
"A well-documented and illustrated feast of cinematic trivia that will please Hitchcock fans the world over."
The MacGuffin
"Richly illustrated . . . remarkable . . . Excellently laid-out and subtly designed."
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
"I recommend Footsteps in the Fog to Hitchcock fans, local history buffs and beginning filmmakers."
Movie Magazine International
"Footsteps in the Fog is the next best thing to time travelling and perching on Sir Alfred's shoulder as he made movie magic!"
Synopsis
A celebration of the San Francisco films of Alfred Hitchcock, this book examines the master director's familiarity with Northern California and how it greatly influenced his decision to use the Bay Area location in several of his landmark motion pictures. More importantly, this book shows how San Francisco was often the source of inspiration for many of these same cinema classics. The masterpieces that are examined are "Shadow of a Doubt", "Vertigo", "The Birds", "Suspicion", "Psycho", and "Family Plot". Hitchcock fans are taken on a journey around the Bay Area, experiencing cinemagraphic intrigue and learning about Bay Area history, lore, and the timeless elegance of San Francisco and its picturesque surroundings. Hundreds of historical and contemporary photographs are included, with an emphasis on those buildings and businesses that no longer exist.
