Alfred Hitchcock: Interviews

Abstract

Publisher description: The interviews in this collection catch Hitchcock at key moments of transition in his long career. These conversations dramatize his shifting attitudes on a variety of cinematic matters that engaged and challenged him, including the role of stars in a movie, the importance of story, the use of sound and color, his relationship to the medium of television, and the attractions and perils of realism. Talkie king talks Evening News – Advance monologue Oswell Blakeston – Half the world in a talkie Evening News – Man who made The 39 steps: pen portrait of Alfred Hitchcock Norah Baring – Britain’s leading film director gives some hints to the film stars of the future Mary Benedetta – Mr. Hitchcock discovers love Frank S. Nugent – Production methods compared The Cine-Technician – Alfred Hitchcock’s working credo Gerald Pratley – Story of an interview Claude Chabrol – Hitchcock Ian Cameron, V.F. Perkins – Alfred Hitchcock: Mr. chastity Oriana Fallaci – Alfred Hitchcock on his films Huw Wheldon – Let’s hear it for Hitchcock Emerson Batdorf – Dialogue on film: Alfred Hitchcock American Film Institute – Alfred Hitchcock Janet Maslin – Hitch, hitch, hitch, hurrah! Rui Nogueira, Nicoletta Zalaffi – Alfred Hitchcock Charles Thomas Samuels – Alfred Hitchcock: the German years Bob Thomas – Conversation with Alfred Hitchcock Arthur Knight – Hitchcock Andy Warhol.