| Hitchcock: Past and Future Contributor(s): Allen, Richard (Editor), Ishii-Gonzales, Sam (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415275261 ISBN-13: 9780415275262 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: This new collection of writings on Alfred Hitchcock celebrates the remarkable depth and scope of his artistic achievement in film. It explores his works in relationship both to their social context and to the traditions of critical theory they continue to inspire. The collection draws on the best of current Hitchcock scholarship, featuring the work of both new and established scholars. It displays the full diversity of critical methods that have characterized the study of this director's films in recent years. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - Direction & Production - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 2003023701 |
| Series: Pats and Fut |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.22" W x 9.38" (1.02 lbs) 308 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new collection of writings on Alfred Hitchcock considers Hitchcock both in his time and as a continuing influence on filmmakers, films and film theory. The contributions, who include leading scholars such as Slavoj Zizek, Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen, and James Naremore, discuss canonical films such as Notorious and The Birds alongside lesser-known works including Juno and the Paycock and Frenzy. Articles are grouped into four thematic sections: 'Authorship and Aesthetics' examines Hitchcock as auteur and investigates central topics in Hitchcockian aesthetics. 'French Hitchcock' looks at Hitchcock's influence on filmmakers such as Chabrol, Truffaut and Rohmer, and how film critics such as Bazin and Deleuze have engaged with Hitchcock's work. 'Poetics and Politics of Identity' explores the representation of personal and political in Hitchcock's work. The final section, 'Death and Transfiguration' addresses the manner in which the spectacle and figuration of death haunts the narrative universe of Hitchcock's films, in particular his subversive masterpiece Psycho. |