{"product_id":"hitchcock-and-france","title":"Hitchcock and France","description":"In his bold new study of the career of one of filmmaking's premier directors, author James M. Vest traces two intertwining strands of history: Alfred Hitchcock's interest in French culture, and French critics' sometimes complementary, sometimes confrontational interest in him. In the 1950s, Hitchcock was increasingly committed to including French-related elements in his films to enhance suspense and humor. At that same time, young critics in France-including François Truffaut, Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, and Jean-Luc Godard-discovered in Hitchcock's films the mark of an \u003ci\u003eauteur\u003c\/i\u003e. They saw in him the creator of a cohesive body of work that bore his unique imprint, and in so doing, they countered the dominant opinion of Hitchcock as a proficient craftsman but ultimately just a maker of implausible melodramas. These interactions, explored fully and in-depth here, led not only to a revolution in film criticism, but also to a reenergizing of French cinema as well as the creation of a reputation that has lasted decades.\n\nHere is examined for the first time the cultural and intellectual background of those convergences in the mid-1950s-when the auteur theory was first being developed-as well as Hitchcock's transformation of French source materials in such films as \u003ci\u003eI Confess\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, his use of French allusions in several films, and his New Wave tendencies in others. Providing access to books, essays, reviews, screenplays, and advertisements not generally available, \u003ci\u003eHitchcock and France\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles a crucial period in the history of both filmmaking and film-viewing.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54218843128152,"sku":"9780275970895","price":86.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hitchcock-and-france","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}