Asbury Park Press: Local author chronicles Hitchcock films

Post by **silentfilm** » Sat May 02, 2009 9:06 pm

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Local author chronicles Hitchcock films
By Fran Kirschner • Reader Submitted • April 29, 2009

Brick resident Eric San Juan has chronicled over 60 works by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock with the April 28 release of his book, "A Year of Hitchcock: 52 Weeks with the Master of Suspense" (Scarecrow Press, 2009), co-authored with Jim McDevitt, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

“It was a labor of love,” San Juan said. “More than anything, we wanted to bring our love of Hitchcock's films to the casual movie fan. Jim and I are big Hitchcock fans and were disappointed that there wasn't a single book for the casual fan that covered all his films in detail. We thought we could remedy that, and so that's what we did.”

Eric, who is also editor for the local Times newspapers, said the book spans Hitchcock's entire career, from early silent films like "The Lodger" (1927) to later classics like "The Birds" (1963).

“The most important thing to us in writing this book was to make it accessible,” San Juan said. “We didn't want a stuffy book for stuffy people; we wanted something informative yet interesting and casual.

“We're very proud of the work we've done. We hope film lovers will enjoy watching his films from the first to the last just as we did.”