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Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock Interviews
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 18, 2014
Publisher: The University of Mississippi Press Release Date: April 15, 2003 “He is one of the most over-interviewed people imaginable…” –Janet Maslin (Boston After Dark, 1972) Janet Maslin’s statement has the ring of truth. Hitchcock had even developed a repertoire of standard answers to feed read more
Book Review: Hitchcock’s British Films
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 16, 2014
Publisher: Wayne State University Press (2nd Edition) Release Date: October 11, 2010 In 1977 (when this book was first published), critics tended to overlook (and even discount) the films from Alfred Hitchcock’s British period. This tendency seems especially short sighted. The formative years of any read more
Book Review: Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 9, 2014
Publisher: University of Illinois Press Release Date: October 1, 2011 Nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America in the category of Best Critical/Biographical, 2012. Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick’s Scripting Hitchcock explores the collaborative process between read more
Book Review: Hitchcock’s Ear
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jul 5, 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Release Date: March 22, 2012 Expectation has a way of painting shadows upon a text that can easily doom the reader’s enjoyment. Certain readers might be disappointed with “Hitchcock’s Ear” if they are expecting an in-depth ‘behind the scenes’ study of Alfred read more
Book Review: Hitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adapter
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 30, 2014
Publisher: State University of New York Press Release Date: September 1, 2011 “Hitchcock at the Source: The Auteur as Adapter” is a collection of scholarly essays about Alfred Hitchcock’s film adaptations (compiled and edited by R. Barton Palmer and David Boyd). While one might be tempted to compare read more
Book Review: Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 25, 2014
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Release Date: March 14, 2014 “Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen” is a collection of scholarly essays about Hitchcock’s film adaptations (compiled and edited by Mark Osteen). In many ways, the book can be seen as a sequel to a previous collection read more
Book Review: Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 15, 2014
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Release Date: Mar 24, 2014 It would be rather short sighted to assume that Alfred Hitchcock’s creative evolution wasn’t altered by the various individuals that collaborated with him. Out of all the screenwriters that Hitchcock worked with, Charles Bennett read more
Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s Moviemaking Master Class
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jun 6, 2014
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Release Date: May 1, 2013 There have been countless books devoted to Alfred Hitchcock. Most are film theory, many are biographies, and others are detailed accounts of the making of a specific Hitchcock film. Nearly every theoretic angle has been covered in metic read more
Blu-ray Review: Rear Window
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on May 10, 2014
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: May 06, 2014 Region: Region Free Length: 1:52:32 Video: 1080P (VC-1) Main Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit) Alternate Audio: DTS French Mono, DTS Spanish Mono Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish Ratio: 1.66:1 Bitrate: 31.99 Mbps Notes: read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: The 400 Blows – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Apr 3, 2014
Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: 08/Apr/ 2014 Region: Region A Length: 1:40:02 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: Uncompressed French Mono Subtitles: English Ratio: 2.34:1 Bitrate: 38.83 Mbps Notes: This release also includes a DVD disc. Criterion released the film as a Blu read more
Blu-ray Review: Rope
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Mar 1, 2014
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: 04/Jun/2013 Region: Region Free Length: 01:20:48 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 24-bit) Alternate Audio: French Mono DTS Audio Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 1.35:1 Bitrate: 32 Mbps Notes: This read more
Blu-ray Review: Foreign Correspondent – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Feb 5, 2014
Spine #969 Available February 18, 2014 Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: 18/Feb/2014 Region: Region A Length: 120 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: English Mono LPCM Audio (48 kHz, 1152 Kbps, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 23.98 Mbps Notes: This rel read more
Blu-ray Review: The Trouble with Harry
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 31, 2014
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: 02/Jul/2013 Region: Region Free Length: 99 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC) Main Audio: 2.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (24bit, 48kHz) Alternate Audio: 2.0 French Mono DTS (24bit, 48 kHz) Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 1.85:1 Notes: This titl read more
Blu-ray Review: Shadow of a Doubt
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 24, 2014
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: 04/Jun/2013 Region: Region Free Length: 01:47:49 Video: 1080P (VC-1, 23.976fps) Main Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (24bit, 48 kHz) Alternate Audio: 2.0 French Mono DTS (24bit, 48 kHz, 768 Kbps) Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 1.33:1 (14 read more
Blu-ray Review: The Lady Vanishes – The Criterion Collection
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 17, 2014
(Spine #3) Distributor: Criterion Collection (USA) Release Date: 06/Dec/2011 Region: Region A Length: 01:20:59 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 23.976fps, 26.4GB) Main Audio: English Mono (PCM 1.0, 48kHz, 1152kbps) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.34:1 Bitrate: 35Mbps Notes: This release is also available in read more
Blu-ray Review: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 10, 2014
Distributor: Universal Studios Release Date: 06/Aug/2013 Region: Region Free Length: 02:00:18 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 23.976fps) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD (24bit, 48 kHz) Alternate Audio: 2.0 French DTS (24bit, 48 kHz, 448 Kbps) Subtitles: English & Spanish Ratio: 1.85:1 Bitrate: 32 Mb read more
Blu-ray Review: Spellbound
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Jan 3, 2014
Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Release Date: 24/Jan/2012 Region: Region Free Length: 118 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 37.87 Mbps) Main Audio: English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 37.87 Mbps Notes: This title is also a read more
Blu-ray Review: Rebecca
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Dec 19, 2013
Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment / 20th Century Fox Release Date: 24/Jan/2012 Region: Region Free Length: 131 min Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 37.39 Mbps) Main Audio: 2.0 English DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 24-bit) Subtitles: English SDH Ratio: 1.37:1 Bitrate: 37.39 Mbps Notes: This title is als read more
Offbeat Blu-ray Review: Hitchcock
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 22, 2013
Distributor: 20th Century Fox Release Date: 12/March/2013 Region: A Length: 01:38:20 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 32 Mbps) Main Audio: 5.1 English DTS-HD Master Audio Alternate Audio: 5.1 French Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish Dolby Digital Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Ratio: 2.40:1 Notes: Includes a DV read more
Blu-ray Review: Strangers on a Train
Hitchcock Master Posted by Devon Powell on Nov 16, 2013
Distributor: Warner Brothers Release Date: 09/Oct/2012 Region: Region Free Length: 01:40:49 Video: 1080P (MPEG-4, AVC, 29.91 Mpbs) Main Audio: 1.0 English Mono DTS-HD Master Audio (48 kHz, 768 Kbps, 24-bit) Alternate Audio: French Dolby Digital Mono German Dolby Digital Mono Italian Dolby Digital M read more