Hitchcock Becomes Hitchcock : The British Years [Paperback]

Paul M. Jensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 27, 2000

Alfred Hitchcock’s comments in his frequent interviews have encouraged many critics to assume that the director’s true career began in 1934 with The Man Who Knew Too Much, the first in a long, almost unbroken string of thrillers. Then, having defined Hitchcock as a specialist, these critics select from his earlier work only those films that anticipate his later career: The Lodger (1927), Blackmail (1929), Murder! (1930), and Number Seventeen (1932). Such a perspective, mired in the confidence of hindsight, results in a highly misleading view of the director, one that dismisses his 12 other early features—eight silent and four sound—and implies that he was merely marking time until his “true” creative personality emerged. Hitchcock was, in fact, a major director from the very start of his career in 1925 and for 10 years he made substantial, mature features that reveal an impressive consistency in content and form. This book examines those all important films.

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About the Author

Paul M. Jensen is a Professor at the State University of New York at Oneonta. A member of the Communications Arts Department, he teaches courses in film history, appreciation and production. After graduating from SUNY—Albany, Mr. Jensen received his M.F.A. in Film, Radio and Television from Columbia University. He is the author of four books—The Cinema of Fritz Lang (1969), Boris Karloff and His Films (1974), The Men Who Made the Monsters (1996) and Hitchcock Becomes “HITCHCOCK” and has published articles on film-related subjects in various periodicals, including Film Comment, Films in Review, Midnight Marquee, Scarlet Street, Variety and Video Watchdog.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Baltimore MD (July 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1887664351
• ISBN-13: 978-1887664356
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,549,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)