Hitchcock, Piece by Piece

Hitchcock, Piece by Piece by Bouzereau, Laurent. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810996014.

In a career that spanned sixty years, Alfred Hitchcock made more than fifty feature-length films and hosted his own television series, transforming the thriller genre in the twentieth century. Author Laurent Bouzereau puts this incredible canon into perspective, examining the masters life thematically: his archetypal anti-heroes; his complicated female characters; his charming villains; and something Bouzereau calls "the Hitchcock touch" -- those elements of film that are, quite simply, Hitchcockian. With a foreword by Hitchcocks daughter, Patricia Hitchcock OConnell, Hitchcock, Piece by Piece is packed with photographs from the familys archive, many of which have never been published before, plus removable facsimile memorabilia such as letters, memos, and snapshots, which frame the story of the directors life and work. Praise for Hitchcock, Piece by Piece: "Few people alive know as much about Hitchcock as Bouzereau." --Leonard Maltin