| Description |
1 online resource (218 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Rise of Narrative Film; 2 Novel into Film: Sabotage; 3 Psychoanalysis versus Surrealism: Spellbound; 4 The Father-Daughter Plot: Shadow of a Doubt, Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train; 5 Digression: Rope, I Confess; 6 The Daughter's Effect: Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much; 7 Transition: The Wrong Man, Vertigo; 8 The Emergence of Mother: Psycho; 9 Beyond the Family Nexus: Topaz, Frenzy, Family Plot; 10 After Hitchcock; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
This provocative study traces Alfred Hitchcock's long directorial career from Victorianism to postmodernism. Paula Cohen considers a sampling of Hitchcock's best films -- Shadow of a Doubt, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho -- as well as some of his more uneven ones -- Rope, The Wrong Man, Topaz -- and makes connections between his evolution as a filmmaker and trends in the larger society. Drawing on a number of methodologies including feminism, psychoanalysis, and family systems, the author provides an insightful look at the paradox of a Victorian-style gentleman who evolved into one of the leadi |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
|
|
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 -- Influence
|
| SUBJECT |
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980 fast |
| Subject |
Thrillers (Television programs) -- History and criticism
|
|
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
|
|
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
|
|
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
|
|
Thrillers (Television programs)
|
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9780813157795 |
|
081315779X |
|
1322596549 |
|
9781322596549 |
|
0813119308 |
|
9780813119304 |
|
