Download The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock Audiobook

" The original M. Night Shayamalan. "

" As engrossing as one of Hitchcock's movies, I loved this book. Not only is it an illuminating pyschological portait, but also an in depth look at this technique, his obsessions, his art and his world. I not only learned about his films but about film in general, film as art and film in a historical and cultural context. Those juicy enough to be thought speculative, its as well documented and researched as it possiibly can be. I'd heard this was a contreversial take on Hitchcock but I would imagine that's because it's at odds with the image of the reticent gentlemen he so often presented. Loved it! "

" Audiobook. How much can you really extrapololate from the films to the man? I found a lot of the prose in this biography unnecessarily mean-spirited. "

" Very interesting, especially if you have just recently seen some of his films. "

" This book is very indepth, filmmaker reading material; about the greatest and most complex director. "

" I last read this book when I was in college. Getting a lot more out of it now. "

" has some facts since found out to be fictitious, but still a pretty good bio. "

" If you think Steve Jobs was a some odd genius, you must read this griping account of Hitchcock. Hitch was another immensely talented but complicated and strange individual that could be both disarming with his charm and then shockingly odd in his actions and manners. You will not be disappointed. "

" Engrossing read-didn't know Hitchcock had such a fear of his own mortality. Lots of dirt about various stars. "

" Fascinating insight into the life of directing genius Alfred Hitchcock. Find out the back stories behind his successes and what drove him. Psychologically revealing. "

" What a complex mind the Master of Suspense possessed! Spoto does his best to make sense of Hitchcock as a man and the greatest auteur filmmaker of all time. "

" I took a Hitchcock class in undergrad - what a f*%#ked up individual but strangely alluring artist/auteur. Funnily enough, I wrote a screenplay as a final project, which provoked Tippi Hedren to mastermind his murder. "

" A powerful biography on the master director and showman. "

" MADMAN! read the book, then watch all of his movies. "

" super research and full of details. loved it! "

" Savory for Hitchcock fans. "

" Wonderful film by film explanation of why Hitchcock was Hitchcock. "

" A really great book shows us how everything is great and worth to die for "

" spellbinding biography on master filmmaker. He was one sick puppy. "

" I have been a big Hitchcok fan since I was a kid in the 1950s. I knew nothing about him as a person so this was interesting. The book provides an analysis of many of his movies and I have seen most of them. For some people this may be more than you want to know but I liked it alot. "

" Whatever you wanted to know about Hitchcock and/or his movies can be found here. "