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The Changing Face of Film Bios July 15, 2008 - Donald Spoto was a prep-school lad in 1958 when he saw Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. Spoto walked home entranced, murmured "hello" to his parents, went upstairs and stayed in bed for several days. Spoto was not ill. The film touched him...How much more illuminating and insightful current film biographies would be if their authors were similarly inspired by their subjects. Alas, these days, more prosaic motives drive biographers and publishers, who seem intent on rehashing existing sources, concentrating on hot sex and pushing books on Oprah.
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