{"product_id":"hitchcock-complete-films-book-taschen","title":"Alfred Hitchcock Book: Complete Films, Suspense \u0026 Film History","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet the inventor of modern horror, and the man who taught audiences to enjoy being scared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Hitchcock. The Complete Films\u003c\/strong\u003e is a \u003cstrong\u003ecomplete guide\u003c\/strong\u003e to the Hitchcock canon and, as TASCHEN puts it, a movie buff's dream. It traces the filmmaker's \u003cstrong\u003eentire life and career\u003c\/strong\u003e, from his 1925 debut \u003cem\u003eThe Pleasure Garden\u003c\/em\u003e to his 1976 swan song \u003cem\u003eFamily Plot\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe structure is simple and generous: a \u003cstrong\u003edetailed entry for each of Hitchcock's 53 movies\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each one combines \u003cstrong\u003einsightful texts\u003c\/strong\u003e with \u003cstrong\u003ephotography\u003c\/strong\u003e, so you can move through the work film by film and watch a style form, sharpen, and become instantly recognizable. There is also an \u003cstrong\u003eillustrated list of all the master's cameos\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is exactly the kind of detail Hitchcock fans live for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHitchcock's influence is hard to overstate. He made suspense a craft with rules: show the audience the bomb under the table, then make them wait. He used camera movement, editing, and point of view to put viewers inside a character's anxiety, and he treated title design, posters, and his own public persona as part of the work. Directors, editors, and designers have been studying those decisions for decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition is \u003cstrong\u003eclothbound\u003c\/strong\u003e, which suits a book you will keep reaching for, whether you are planning a watch-through, researching a reference, or settling an argument about which film came first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vandal.la\/collections\/signals\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignals\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Hitchcock is required viewing and required reading: a master class in tension, framing, and showmanship in one volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Alfred Hitchcock\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899–1980) was an English filmmaker, born in the flat above his parents' greengrocer's shop in Leytonstone, now part of east London. He entered the film industry in 1919 designing title cards, directed his first feature, The Pleasure Garden, in 1926, and helped shape the thriller with The Lodger (1927), the film that featured his first cameo. Blackmail (1929) is cited as the first British talkie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEssential Alfred Hitchcock movies include The 39 Steps (1935), Rebecca (1940), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960) and The Birds (1963). Known as the Master of Suspense, he built plots around the MacGuffin, an object that matters only because the characters chase it, and became as recognizable as his stars through his cameos and interviews. Vertigo features the dolly zoom, a camera technique developed by Irmin Roberts, and in 2012 it displaced Citizen Kane at the top of the BFI's worldwide critics' poll.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHitchcock moved to Hollywood in 1939, became a US citizen in 1955 and hosted Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65) on television. His films earned 46 Oscar nominations, although he never won Best Director. He was knighted in the 1980 New Year Honours and died at his Bel Air home on April 29, 1980. Anyone who plans a shot for suspense is working in his language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy Alfred Hitchcock still matters\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Hitchcock\u003c\/strong\u003e still matters because he turned suspense into a visual language that filmmakers, editors, and advertisers still use every day. His films are case studies in how framing, cutting, and timing control an audience. Having the full run of 53 movies in one place makes it easy to see how consistently he did it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho this book is for\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor filmmakers, directors, editors, cinematographers, art directors, and film students. For the RIOT and vandal_ crowd who build tension and story into short-form work, and for any movie buff who wants the whole Hitchcock canon on one shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alfred Hitchcock. 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