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Criss Cross
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Take A Deep Dive Into The Shadows And Light Of One Of The Most Subversive, Corrosively Funny, And Beloved Suspense Thriller Masterworks As Author Stephen Rebello Unravels For The Very First Time The Tense And DramaFilled Story Of The Making Alfred HitchcockS Strangers On A Train.As Entertaining As It Is To Watch Strangers On A Train, So Too Is The Previously Untold Backstory That Packs All The Suspense, Drama, And Twists Of A Thriller. After All, What Are The Hallmarks Of A Great Hitchcock Movie? A LargerThanLife, Complex Cast Of Characters, Each With Something To Prove, Lose, Or Hide. Check. Tremendous Risk, Outsized Conflict, And Emotion As Those Men And Women Confront Challenges Off The Set. Check. Feuds, Deceptions, Unlikely Alliances, And DoubleCrosses. Check. Coming Off A 5YearString Of Flops, Alfred Hitchcock Gambled Big On Adapting Patricia HighsmithS Debut Novel, Which Critics Called Preposterous And Unconvincing, In Addition To Unsavory, And Sick (1950S Code Words For Gay And Perverted). Each Step Of The Production Was Fraught With Battles, But Hitchcock Masterfully Stayed Two Steps Ahead Of His Opponents As He Fought To Bring His Vision To Life. Strangers On A Train Became Not Only A Creative HighWater Mark And BoxOffice Smash For Hitchcock, But Also Kicked Off His Unmatched Decade Of Classics Including Dial M For Murder, Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest, And Psycho.Richly Documented, Meticulously Researched, And Stylishly Written, CrissCross Is More Than An Authoritative Film Book. It Is A Portrait Of An Especially Politically Paranoid, Misogynistic, And Homophobic Era In America, A Time Of Dramatic Transition In The Entertainment Industry, And A Day Of Reckoning For Alfred Hitchcock And A Few Other Talents With Whom He Made A Dark, Resonant, And Prescient Work Of Art.
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