Hitchcock

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A fantastic guide to the world of Hitch! - Rated
If you are a fan of Hitchcock's work you owe it to yourself to buy this book!

It's a superb and insightful analysis of the processes involved in bringing classics such as Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho and The Birds to the screen. It also covers Hitch's early silent work such as The Lodger in depth which few other books manage to do.

Chock full of great anecdotes and useful analysis of Hitch's main themes, this book deserves a place on any serious film fan's book shelf.

This is one of the best books on cinema ever written, and is up there with A Biographical Dictionary of Cinema and Rosebud. An essential read!

One of the best books on film! - Rated
This is one of the best books on film ever written. Truffaut has seen everyone of Hitch's movies and the two of them discuss all aspects of his work. A great example of how artists think about their media.

I can't put it down! - Rated
This book is unbelievable! Two of the greatest film minds talking to one another about the structure and composition of film. It's a huge interview that spaned a couple days and takes about a few hours to read. It is such a great read for anyone interested in film, Hitchcock, and Truffant.

An insight into the nature of film - Rated
This title is one of those books that can make people choose film as the medium of their expression. Hitch reveals the nature of cinema: it's specific qualities that makes it different from all other arts (especially from theatre- pure cinema is exactly the opposite of theater). He makes once again images most important in medium of film and reveals himself as an author that is primarily interested in form (I don't mean craft). He is something like a Picasso of Cinema: Hitch's content comes from his the exploration of form. Hitch's thoughts reminds us of what cinema should be - and together with another great author, Truffaut - makes this book a must for all film fans.

ego - Rated
William Goldman, in his book ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE said of this book: "for me the silly auteur theory peaked with the publication of one of the genuinely ego-ridden books of the postwar world, the Truffaut/Hitchcock interview. It purports to talk about directing, but on every page the subtext tells us: `Aren't you fourtunate that we're around to tell you these things?'"