Tag: Alfred Hitchcock
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Inspired by Murder
This review was written by Colin Dickey for New Republic, November 2, 2016: “Murder, in ordinary cases, where the sympathy is wholly directed to the case of the murdered person,” (De Quincey) reasons, “is an incident of coarse and vulgar horror; and for this reason that it flings the interest exclusively upon the natural…
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Murder on the Thames
In his Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations, Tony Reeves discusses the set of Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy: “There are wonderful London locations in Alfred Hitchcock’s British film since The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1956, but first the collision between the blackly humorous script and director Alfred Hitchcock’s virulent misogyny, previously kept in check by production codes, makes for queasy viewing…
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Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock
From EW.com, Here’s the first image released of Anthony Hopkins in the role of Alfred Hitchcock.
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Bill’s Bookshelf # 4: Alfred Hitchcock Presents…Books
By the early 1960s, Alfred Hitchcock was riding an enormous wave of popularity. His television program, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955 – 1962), had made the director a household name. 1960 saw the release of his highest grossing and arguably most famous film, Psycho, followed sensationally in 1963 by The Birds. I’m a “baby boomer.” Watching…