The First True Hitchcock

The Making of a Filmmaker

The First True Hitchcock
Henry K Miller
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h229 x 152mm - 250pg
11 Jan 2022 US
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9780520343566
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This untold origins story of the filmmaker excavates the first true Hitchcock film and explores its transatlantic history. Hitchcock called The Lodger "the first true Hitchcock movie," anticipating all the others. And yet, the story of how The Lodger came to be made is shrouded in myth, often repeated and much embellished, including by Hitchcock himself. The truth-revealed in new archival discoveries-is stranger still. The First True Hitchcock follows the twelve-month period encompassing The Lodger' s production in 1926 and general release in 1927, presenting a new picture of this pivotal year in Hitchcock' s life. Henry K. Miller situates The Lodger against the backdrop of a continent shattered by war and confronted with the looming presence of a new superpower, the United States, whose most visible export was film. This previously untold story of The Lodger' s making in the London fog, and attempted remaking in the Los Angeles sun, is the story of how Hitchcock became Hitchcock.
"Miller sets the record straight by looking closely at Hitchcock' s influences, as well as the film culture in which he came of age. . . . Packed with cinematic insight, this will hit the spot for film buffs. " * Publishers Weekly *
Henry K. Miller is a Sight and Sound critic and editor of The Essential Raymond Durgnat. His research has been published in journals including the Hitchcock Annual and Screen.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780520343566
Published: 11 Jan 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 250

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