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Frenzy (1972) was Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film, and arguably one of his most misunderstood and neglected. Whereas even Psycho (1960) did eventually become respectable - indeed, it's a good contender for the most admired of the Master's films - Frenzy still remains problematic for many. While Raymond De Foery makes his feelings clear in the title of his book, Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy: The Last Masterpiece, Hitchcock's controversial biographer Donald Spoto calls the film 'repulsive' and 'a closed and coldly negative vision of human possibility'. Frenzy is perhaps Hitchcock's most nakedly autobiographical film and one which represented both a comeback and farewell to the city of his birth. But it started out as a very different kind of project. This Devil's Advocate discusses the evolution of the film, its production, reception, and place in Hitchcock's oeuvre, as well as its status as, the author argues, a key film of 'sleazy Seventies' British cinema.
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With excellent diversions and delvings, this is a smart, thoroughly entertaining reassessment of Hitchcock's most divisive film. Repellent and misogynistic or a black comic masterpiece? Like all good film books it makes you want to watch it again. And again. --Stephen Volk (screenwriter, Gothic, Ghostwatch)
Cooper has a breezy and easily accessible style and, appropriately for someone writing about Hitchcock, peppers it with dry humour... The breadth and depth of his research is impressive. ...Cooper has written the definitive text on FRENZY. ...illuminating, engaging and occasionally amusing. Even if you haven t seen FRENZY, and don't mind spoilers, you could get much out of this. I'd definitely recommend it to any film fan. FIVE***** --FrightFest.co.uk
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Cooper has a breezy and easily accessible style and, appropriately for someone writing about Hitchcock, peppers it with dry humour... The breadth and depth of his research is impressive. ...Cooper has written the definitive text on FRENZY. ...illuminating, engaging and occasionally amusing. Even if you haven t seen FRENZY, and don't mind spoilers, you could get much out of this. I'd definitely recommend it to any film fan. FIVE***** --FrightFest.co.uk
Ian Cooper is a Germany-based screenwriter, teacher, and writer on film. He is the author of Frightmares (2016) and Witchfinder General (Devil's Advocates, 2011), both published by Auteur.
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