ALFRED HITCHCOCK/ THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

The directors work has the rare privilege of being equally acclaimed by critics and popular audiences. As such, Hitchcocks films h ave become part of the collective imagination, and Hitchcockian is a common idiom used to describe films that parrot his signature style. With such vast influence, Wood (Emeritus, Comparative Literature/Princeton Univ./ Film: A Very Short Introduction, 2012, etc .) offers an entry-level study of the famed auteur, unpacking the ways in which Hitchcock can change the way we see.