by Donald Spoto · RBA. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447355839
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«Alfred Hitchcock. La cara oculta del genio» is the biography of the filmmaker written by Donald Spoto, published by RBA in hardback (480 pages, in Spanish).
Donald Spoto reviews the life of the director of Psycho, The Birds and Vertigo and traces in his childhood and personal relationships the origin of the obsessions that marked his cinema: murder, food and idealised love. With interviews with collaborators and studio archives, he portrays the man behind the cameras and his perfectionism.
Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1984. Originally published as 'The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock' in 1983. Includes black-and-white photographs in a plate section.
Aimed at film buffs and those seeking a documented biography of one of the great figures of cinema.
Donald Spoto was an American biographer, theologian, and former Catholic Monk. He was known for his biographies of people in the worlds of film and theater, and for his books on theology and spirituality.
