The Dark Side Of Genius: The Life Of Alfred Hitchcock

by Donald Spoto, Donald Spoto (Introduction)

Overview

This is the definitive life story of Alfred Hitchcock, the enigmatic and intensely private director of Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and more than forty other films. While setting forth every stage of Hitchcock's long life and brilliant career, Donald Spoto also explores the roots of the director's obsessions with blondes, food, murder, and idealized love—and he traces the incomparable, bizarre genius from Hitchcock's English childhood through the golden years of his career in America as one of the greatest directors in the history of filmmaking.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306809323
Publisher:	Da Capo Press
Publication date:	08/28/1999
Edition description:	Centennial
Pages:	608
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donald Spoto is the author of many books, among them internationally best-selling biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean, and Ingrid Bergman. He lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Editorial Reviews

Spoto's 1983 biography is being reproduced in honor of the famous director's centennial. The book was well received at the time of its publication, even managing to snag an Edgar Award. For this anniversary edition, Spoto has added a new introduction. The text is buttressed with numerous photographs and a detailed filmography. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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