Based on his authorised and unprecedented access to Hitchcock's files and notes, as well as interviews with key players behind the scenes of his movies, Dan Auiler has created a portrait of a master at work: building his screenplays from scratch or from existing material; working on sets and storyboards during pre-production; filming the movies; and putting it all together and adding music during post-production.
Most astonishing of all, Auiler is able to go where no Hitchcock book has ever gone before, offering exclusive material on the nearly finished 'Kaleidoscope' and Hitchcock's lost second film, 'The Mountain Eagle', along with notes on other projects the director considered, but discarded, including the Cary Grant 'Hamlet'.
