Book description
Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? Most commentators leave Hitchcock's self-assessment unquestioned, but this book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Lesley…
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1 author picked The Hitchcock Romance as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is the first book I read that confirmed my own intuition—that Hitchcock’s works are as rich and complex as great literary works.
Brill’s book was a relatively early work of Hitchcock criticism, but an enduring one, a humanistic study with considerable attention paid to the films’ aesthetic and religious dimensions. The latter is fitting because Hitchcock was a deeply Catholic director.
The book offers excellent analyses, with good attention to cinematic and artistic features.
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