Description: Further DetailsTitle: Hitchcock's British FilmsCondition: NewSubtitle: Second EditionEAN: 9780814334942ISBN: 9780814334942Publisher: Wayne State University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/30/2010Description: Originally published in 1977 and long out of print, Maurice Yacowar’s Hitchcock’s British Films was the first volume devoted solely to the twenty-three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his native England before he came to the United States. As such, it was the first book to challenge the assumption that Hitchcock’s ""mature"" period in Hollywood, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, represented the director’s best work. In this traditional auteurist examination of Hitchcock’s early work, author Maurice Yacowar considers Hitchcock’s British films in chronological order, reads the composition of individual shots and scenes in each, and pays special attention to the films’ verbal effects.Yacowar’s readings remain compelling more than thirty years after they were written, and some—on Downhill, Champagne, and Waltzes from Vienna—are among the few extended interpretations of these films that exist. Alongside important works such as Murder!, the first The Man Who Knew Too Much, Secret Agent, The Lady Vanishes, and Blackmail, readers will appreciate Yacowar’s equal attention to lesser-known films like The Pleasure Garden, The Ring, and The Manxman. Yacowar dissects Hitchcock’s precise staging and technical production to draw out ethical themes and metaphysical meanings of each film, while keeping a close eye on the source material, such as novels and plays, that Hitchcock used as the inspiration for many of his screenplays. Yacowar concludes with an overview of Hitchcock as auteur and an appendix identifying the director’s appearances in these films.A foreword by Barry Keith Grant and a preface to the second edition from Yacowar complete this comprehensive volume. Anyone interested in Hitchcock, classic British cinema, or the history of film will appreciate Yacowar’s accessible and often witty exploration of the director’s early work.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 441gAuthor: Maurice YacowarContributor: Barry Keith Grant (Foreword by)Genre: Music Dance & TheatreBook Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media SeriesRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Hitchcock's British Films
Title: Hitchcock's British Films
Subtitle: Second Edition
EAN: 9780814334942
ISBN: 9780814334942
Release Date: 11/30/2010
Release Year: 2010
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Barry Keith Grant (Foreword by)
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Hitchcock's British Films : Second Edition
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 2010
Subject: Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / Direction & Production, Film / History & Criticism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Author: Maurice Yacowar
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Item Length: 9 in
Series: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
