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Lee's most famous motto was \"With great power comes great responsibility.\" Stretching from the Romanian shtetls of Lee's ancestors to his own final moments in Los Angeles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue Believer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echronicles the world-changing triumphs and tragic missteps of an extraordinary life, and leaves it to readers to decide whether Lee lived up to the responsibilities of his own talent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"A biography that reads like a thriller or a whodunit . . . scrupulously honest, deeply damning, and sometimes even heartbreaking.\" Neil Gaiman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: This book is a NON-MINT item. NON-MINT books are new but are either ex-display copies or warehouse marked - minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffs, marks, or minor dents to the covers. Also, t\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehis title has been remainder marked by the publisher - a marker pen dot or line on one edge. See images.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44090545012994,"sku":"BK-CRO-TBSL-001-T","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_4414.jpg?v=1702558983"},{"product_id":"hitchcocks-british-films","title":"Hitchcock's British Films (Second Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMaurice Yacowar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSoftcover | \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e14.99 x 1.78 x 22.61 cm | 280 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWayne State University Press | 2010 | 9780814334942\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOriginally published in 1977 and long out of print, Maurice Yacowar’s \u003cem\u003eHitchcock’s British Films \u003c\/em\u003ewas the first volume devoted solely to the twenty-three films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his native England before he came to the United States. As such, it was the first book to challenge the assumption that Hitchcock’s \"mature\" period in Hollywood, from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, represented the director’s best work. In this traditional auteurist examination of Hitchcock’s early work, author Maurice Yacowar considers Hitchcock’s British films in chronological order, reads the composition of individual shots and scenes in each, and pays special attention to the films’ verbal effects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYacowar’s readings remain compelling more than thirty years after they were written, and some - on Downhill, Champagne, and Waltzes from Vienna - are among the few extended interpretations of these films that exist. Alongside important works such as Murder!, the first The Man Who Knew Too Much, Secret Agent, The Lady Vanishes, and Blackmail, readers will appreciate Yacowar’s equal attention to lesser-known films like The Pleasure Garden, The Ring, and The Manxman. Yacowar dissects Hitchcock’s precise staging and technical production to draw out ethical themes and metaphysical meanings of each film, while keeping a close eye on the source material, such as novels and plays, that Hitchcock used as the inspiration for many of his screenplays. Yacowar concludes with an overview of Hitchcock as auteur and an appendix identifying the director’s appearances in these films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA foreword by Barry Keith Grant and a preface to the second edition from Yacowar complete this comprehensive volume.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFilms\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Pleasure Garden (1925) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Mountain Eagle (1926) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lodger (1926) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDownhill (1927) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEasy Virtue (1927) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ring (1927) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Farmer's Wife (1928) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChampagne (1928) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Manxman (1929) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlackmail (1929) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eElstree Calling (1930) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJuno and the Paycock (1930)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMurder! (1930) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Skin Game (1931)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRich and Strange (1932) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNumber Seventeen (1932) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWaltzes from Vienna (1933)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 39 Steps (1935) \u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecret Agent (1936)\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSabotage (1936)\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYoung and Innocent (1937)\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Lady Vanishes (1938)\u003cbr aria-hidden=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJamaica Inn (1939) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44212621312258,"sku":"BK-WSUP-HBF-001-K","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_5972_1.jpg?v=1707301099"},{"product_id":"murder-and-the-movies","title":"Murder and the Movies","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDavid Thomson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover | \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.97 x 2.22 x 21.59 cm | 240 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYale University Press | 2020 | 9780300220018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen? 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Here these ideas are examined in the context of the history of thought and cinema. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe variety of applications in this study is remarkable, engaging thinkers ranging from conservative Christians to postmodernist critics. Feminist issues meet cyberpunk, cosmological perspectives meet mythological and literary analysis. 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