The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book — it makes a very poor doorstop. - Alfred Hitchcock

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The paperback is very interesting but I find it will never replace the hardcover book — it makes a very poor doorstop.

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About Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. He is a well-known man and an award-winning director. He directed and produced three of the American Film Institute Top 100 Films, Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), and North by Northwest (1959), two psychological thrillers and a suspense film. Additionally, Vertigo was rated as the best film of all time in the 2012 British Film Institute Sight and Sound poll of the greatest films of all time.

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Pen Names: Hitchcock
Birth Name: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Alternative Names: Sir Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock The Master of Suspense Master of Suspense Alfred J. Hitchcock Sir Alfred J. Hitchcock

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Quello che non riesco a capire è che uno si impadronisca completamente di un'opera, un buon romanzo che l'autore ha impiegato tre o quattro anni per scrivere e che è tutta la sua vita. Prendono il libro, lo manipolano per bene, si circondano di artigiani e tecnici quotati e si ritrovano candidati all'Oscar, mentre l'autore si dissolve nello sfondo

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