Alfred Hitchcock

This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchcock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paula Marantz Cohen considers a sampling of Hitchcock's best filmsShadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psychoas well as some of his more uneven onesRope, The Wrong Man, Topazand makes connections between his evolution as a filmmaker and trends in the larger society.Drawing on a number o...