The moment of Psycho
Subtitle: how Alfred Hitchcock taught America to love murder
By: David Thomson
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780465003396
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 172-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1960; title: Continuity; title: Room service; title: Housekeeping; title: Hitch-cock; title: Other bodies in the swamp; title: A noir society; title: Lonely people; title: On the way to Fairvale.