{"product_id":"scripting-hitchcock-walter-raubicheck-9780252036484","title":"Scripting Hitchcock: Psycho, the Birds, and Marnie","description":"\u003ci\u003eScripting Hitchcock\u003c\/i\u003e explores the collaborative process between Alfred Hitchcock and the screenwriters he hired to write the scripts for three of his greatest films: \u003ci\u003ePsycho, The Birds, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarnie.\u003c\/i\u003e Drawing from extensive interviews with the screenwriters and other film technicians who worked for Hitchcock, Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick illustrate how much of the filmmaking process took place not on the set or in front of the camera, but in the adaptation of the sources, the mutual creation of plot and characters by the director and the writers, and the various revisions of the written texts of the films. \u003cp\u003eHitchcock allowed his writers a great deal of creative freedom, which resulted in dynamic screenplays that expanded traditional narrative and defied earlier conventions. Critically examining the question of authorship in film, Raubicheck and Srebnick argue that Hitchcock did establish visual and narrative priorities for his writers, but his role in the writing process was that of an editor. While the writers and their contributions have generally been underappreciated, this study reveals that all the dialogue and much of the narrative structure of the films were the work of screenwriters Jay Presson Allen, Joseph Stefano, and Evan Hunter. The writers also shaped American cultural themes into material specifically for actors such as Janet Leigh, Tippi Hedren, and Tony Perkins. This volume gives due credit to those writers who gave narrative form to Hitchcock's filmic vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Raubicheck,Walter Srebnick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252036484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252036484\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/28\/2011 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2012","brand":"Walter Raubicheck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086440345855,"sku":"9780252036484","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b84c1847-f84d-4967-9b58-6fdd624a81d0.jpg?v=1769094683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scripting-hitchcock-walter-raubicheck-9780252036484","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}