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RR 2012/135 A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock Edited by Thomas Leitch and Leland Poague Wiley-Blackwell Malden, MA and Oxford 2011 xiv + 624 pp. ISBN 978 1 4051 8538 7 £110/$1 99.95
Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors
Keyword Cinema
Review DOI 10.1108/09504121211211488
When I first looked at the dust jacket of A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock and saw the excellent photograph of Hitchcock in his typical pose known to TV viewers and film goers alike, I formed an instant impression of the book. I just knew it was going to be one of those cosy books which would go through each of the master's films from Blackmail onwards, full of film stills and pictures of the well-known actors and actresses with whom he worked. How wrong I was! There is not a single photograph in this large (624 pages) book and any fan expecting to be able to easily go through each of Hitchcock's film titles is in for a shock. A Companion to Alfred Hitchcock forms part of the Wiley-Blackwell Companions to Film Directors series which already features Michael Haneke...