{"product_id":"alfred-hitchcock-9781138175006","title":"Alfred Hitchcock","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nicholas Haeffner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas Haeffner provides a comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock's major British and Hollywood films and usefully navigates the reader through a wealth of critical commentaries. One of the acknowledged giants of film, Hitchcock's prolific half-century career spanned the silent and sound eras and resulted in 53 films of which \u003cem\u003eRear Window\u003c\/em\u003e (1954), \u003cem\u003eVertigo\u003c\/em\u003e (1958) and \u003cem\u003ePsycho\u003c\/em\u003e (1960) are now seen as classics within the suspense, melodrama and horror genres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to previous works, which have attempted to get inside Hitchcock's mind and psychoanalyse his films, this book takes a more materialist stance. As Haeffner makes clear, Hitchcock was simultaneously a professional film maker working as part of a team in the film factories of Hollywood, a media celebrity, and an aspiring artist gifted with considerable entrepreneurial flair for marketing himself and his films. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book makes a case for locating the director's remarkable body of work within traditions of highbrow, middlebrow and lowbrow culture, appealing to different audience constituencies in a calculated strategy. The book upholds the case for taking Hitchcock's work seriously and challenges his popular reputation as a misogynist through detailed analyses of his most controversial films.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237708161175,"sku":"9781138175006","price":12867.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138175006.webp?v=1769217360","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/alfred-hitchcock-9781138175006","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}