Jalal Toufic

I only read one of the essays in this book, the one about watching Rear Window and Vertigo as a double feature. I love the idea of unusual pairings in pop culture. Chuck Klosterman does this a lot. But Toufic's pairing isn't that unusual. They are both Hitchcock movies starring James Stewart. What starts out as maybe a whimsical idea begins to take shape as a truly philosophical look into both movies. He explains the nature of the different names of James Stewart's characters in the movie(s), and the more you read, the more you believe.… (plus d'informations)