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The Hitchcock murders / Peter Conrad.
LIBRA PN1998.3.H58 C66 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conrad, Peter, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hitchcock, Alfred.
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Horror films--History and criticism.
- Horror films.
- Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain.
- Motion picture producers and directors.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Faber, 2000.
- Summary:
- At the age of thirteen, Peter Conrad snuck into his first screening of Psycho, and he's been wary of showers and fruit cellars ever since. Thanks to Hitchcock, he's also suspicious of staircases, seagulls, and crop-dusting planes. Now, in this lovingly detailed study of Hitchcock's work, Conrad sets out to analyze the nature of the master's appeal to both himself and the legions of moviegoers for whom Hitchcock remains cinema's greatest genius.
- Contents:
- A Blooding 1
- The Art Of Murder 19
- The Chief Executive 21
- Playing God 41
- Portraits of the Artist as a Killer 65
- The Fat Man and His Disguises 81
- Modernity and Murder 95
- The Pursuit of Unhappiness 119
- The Technique Of Murder 139
- Black, White, and Red 141
- The Blind Ear 153
- The Philosophy of Motion 165
- A Torn Shower Curtain 183
- The Crimes of the Camera 193
- Cutting and Splicing 209
- The Religion Of Murder 227
- A Visit to the Sphinx 229
- Into the Next World 249
- Excursions Underground 263
- Holy Dread 283
- A Hymnal 299
- The Sacredness of Cows 313
- A Haunted Head 329.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0571210600
- OCLC:
- 59510542
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