The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock

by Dan Callahan

Book Overview

The first book on Hitchcock that focuses exclusively on his work with actors

Alfred Hitchcock is said to have once remarked, "Actors are cattle," a line that has stuck in the public consciousness ever since. For Hitchcock, acting was a matter of contrast and counterpoint, valuing subtlety and understatement over flashiness. He felt that the camera was duplicitous, and directed actors to look and act conversely. In The Camera...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197515320
• ISBN13: 9780197515327
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"