Alfred Hitchcock
by Nicholas Haeffner
Published by Longman 2005
A comprehensive introduction to Alfred Hitchcock's major British and Hollywood films, navigating students through a wealth of critical commentaries.
'This book is less interested in the concept of the Freudian unconscious or the torment said to lurk deep inside Hitchcock. Instead, the force that has been called Hitchcock;s genius will be seen to originate not in his psyche or personality, but in his objective social and economic situation. As such, his films are seen to emerge out of class relations, cultural traditions, economic necessities, industrial imperatives, friendships, alliances and enmities.'
From the introduction
'There have been innumerable critical books written about Alfred Hitchcock. Some of them have been dim and shallow, others opaque and jargon-written and still others like Nick Haeffner's book are critically penetrating, knowledgable and written with consumate clarity.'
Leonard Quart, Professor Emeritus of Cinema Studies at City University of New York.
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