Alfred Hitchcock's frenzy [electronic resource] : the last masterpiece / Raymond Foery.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue over the Atlantic and down the Thames -- Hitchcock in 1970: the lion in waiting -- Property values: the Hitchcock standards and the first "Frenzy" -- Working with writers: Hitchcock and the preparation of the scenario -- Working with another sleuth: Hitchcock and Anthony Shaffer -- Brief inter-title: looking for a lost London -- Cattle calls: ruminating over a cast -- The 13-week production: mornings and afternoons on the set -- Shooting the signature sequences, part I: Hitchcock as a master of montage -- Shooting the signature sequences, part II: Hitchcock as the master of mise-en-scene and the moving camera -- Brief inter-title: looking for a lost partner or "Hitchcock in love' -- Adventures in post-production -- Releasing the film: creating a frenzy around Frenzy -- Critical acclaim and box-office redemption -- The response from the Academy -- Hitchcock and women: Hitch and his women -- Forty years later -- Postscript: becoming Sir Alfred -- Appendix A: Frenzy cast and crew -- Appendix B: Frenzy scene list.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.