| #1264497 in Books | Assouline Publishing | 2004-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .94 x7.70 x10.94l,2.30 | File type: PDF | 196 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Dreadful Pastiche|By Patricia D. Goldberg|Really rubbish. Some of the most specious intellectualizing ever written about Hitchcock's work, full of crack-pot theories. The photographs are ill-chosen and not particularly representative. This is neither a book about style nor a book about substance. It is confused and error-ridden. One small example, from page 30: "In that spring||One remembers a handbag, a key in the palm of a hand, a pair of glasses in which a crime is reflected, a windmill whose blades are turning backwards. One no longer remembers why Janet Leigh stopped at the Bates Motel, nor the story of Notorious. Neither Ingrid
From the motel in Psycho and the bachelor pad in Rear Window to the blonde elegance of Tippi Hedren and Grace Kelly, this is the first book about Hitchcock to explore the great director's style, art direction, and use of fashion. Hitchcock's images reveal an aesthetic as vivid as his suspenseful subject matter. Jean-Pierre Dufreigne explores the world of Hitchcock, examining the director's unique atmospheric sensibilities. Featuring many of the actors, set and costu...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Hitchcock Style (Icons) | Jean-Pierre Dufreigne. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
