| Description |
vii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge film classics |
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Cambridge film classics.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Blackmail -- 3. Shadow of a Doubt -- 4. The Wrong Man -- 5. Vertigo -- 6. Psycho -- 7. The Birds -- 8. Epilogue |
| Summary |
Sterritt then provides in-depth analysis of key Hitchcock films: Blackmail, his first talkie; Shadow of a Doubt, one of his personal favorites; The Wrong Man, which questions the nature of guilt and innocence; Vertigo, arguably his most profound work; Psycho, his most savage look at the nature of evil; and The Birds, his last masterpiece and one of his most widely misunderstood films |
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Alfred Hitchcock is one of the few filmmakers to combine a strong reputation for high-art filmmaking with great mass-audience popularity. This introduction to his oeuvre provides an overview of a long and prolific career. David Sterritt examines, among other issues, the varied influences on his work; the themes that run through many of his films; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and the characters who "represent" him within the story; his fascination with performance and the ambiguities of illusion and reality; and the question of viewing the filmmaker and his work through the auteur theory. Also discussed is the relationship between Hitchcock as a serious, even tormented, artist and Hitchcock as a magician with a weakness for cinematic practical jokes |
| Analysis |
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Directing |
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Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Directing |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p148., Filmography: p149-162. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 148] and index |
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Includes filmography |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| LC no. |
92025768 |
| ISBN |
0521391334 |
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0521398142 (paperback) |
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