{"product_id":"masters-of-cinema-alfred-hitchcock","title":"Masters of Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock","description":"Used Paperback in Very Good condition. \u003cp\u003eAlfred Hitchcock \u003cb\u003e(UK, 1899–1980) is undeniably the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eworld’s most famous film director. His name has\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebecome synonymous with the cinema, and each\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003enew generation takes the same pleasure in rediscovering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ehis films, which are now treasures of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eour artistic heritage. Hitchcock started out in the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish silent cinema of the 1920s, which reached\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eits peak with successful thrillers such as \u003ci\u003eThe Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Knew Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1934), \u003ci\u003eSabotage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1936)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Vanishes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1938). Recognized as a\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘young genius’, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eand set about reinventing cinematic tradition,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ecombining the modern with the classic in films\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003esuch as \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1957), \u003ci\u003eNorth by Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1959)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Birds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1963). Hitchcock gave talented\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eactors such as James Stewart and Cary Grant\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe chance to play enduring antiheroes and\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eimprinted the public imagination with the myth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eof the ‘blonde’, as embodied by Grace Kelly, Kim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNovak and Tippi Hedren.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 0714867764\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 0714867764\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Krohn, Bill","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53946409550107,"sku":"mon0000800962","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/13978443482442.jpg?v=1789419625","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/masters-of-cinema-alfred-hitchcock","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}