Alfred Hitchcock Filmmaker And Philosopher - Mark William Roche Science Fiction Reality and dreams sit in

Reality and dreams sit in stark contrast

Ray's critique of blind religious faith

Pippin explores three of Sirk's Hollywood melodramas deeply to give both a deeper understanding of the cinematic/aesthetic choices at play and the director's commentary on mid-twentieth century American life

Perhaps Anderson's most deeply felt film which nevertheless contains his usual meticulously assembled visual flair and offbeat humour

tragicomic documentary which follows the idiosyncratic musician/creative force over a number of years of struggle- mainstream commercial success continuing to elude him despite the critically positive attention his work has often received with Felt

Alfred Hitchcock Filmmaker And Philosopher - Mark William Roche Science Fiction Reality and dreams sit in'Alfred Hitchcock: Filmmaker and Philosopher' by Mark William Roche (Bloomsbury Academic paperback 202 pages) An analysis of Hitchcock's works engagement with timeless philosophical themes.