An edition of The moment of Psycho (2009)

The moment of Psycho

how Alfred Hitchcock taught America to love murder

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The moment of Psycho
David Thomson, David Thomson
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An edition of The moment of Psycho (2009)

The moment of Psycho

how Alfred Hitchcock taught America to love murder

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In "The Moment of Psycho," film critic David Thomson situates "Psycho" in Alfred Hitchcock's career, recreating the mood and time when the seminal film erupted onto film screens worldwide. Thomson brilliantly demonstrates how Hitchcock's creation represented all America wanted from a film--and still does.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
183

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The moment of Psycho: how Alfred Hitchcock taught America to love murder
2009, Basic Books
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Table of Contents

1960
Continuity
Room service
Housekeeping
Hitch-cock
Other bodies in the swamp
A noir society
Lonely people
On the way to Fairvale.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/72
Library of Congress
PN1997.P79 T48 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
183 p. :
Number of pages
183

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24574154M
ISBN 13
9780465003396
LCCN
2009030821
OCLC/WorldCat
316825647

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