After Hitchcock : influence, imitation, and intertextuality / edited by David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, David, 1944-

Palmer, R. Barton, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Influence.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Motion pictures).

Thrillers (Television programs)--History and criticism.

Thrillers (Television programs).

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Summary:

In this book, thirteen original essays by leading film scholars reveal the richness and variety of Alfred Hitchcock's legacy as they trace his shaping influence on particular films, filmmakers, genres, and even on film criticism. Some essays concentrate on films that imitate Hitchcock in diverse ways, including the movies of Brian de Palma and thrillers such as True Lies, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dead Again. Other essays look at genres that have been influenced by Hitchcock's work, including the 1970s paranoid thriller, the Italian giallo film, and the post-Psycho horror film. The remaining essays investigate developments within film culture and academic film study, including the enthusiasm of French New Wave filmmakers for Hitchcock's work, his influence on the filmic representation of violence in the post-studio Hollywood era, and the ways in which his films have become central texts for film theorists.

Contents:

For ever Hitchcock : Psycho and its remakes / Constantine Verevis

Hitchcockian silence : Psycho and Jonathan Demme's The silence of the lambs / Lesley Brill

Shadows of Shadow of a doubt / Adam Knee

Psycho or psychic? Hitchcock, Dead again, and the paranormal / Ina Rae Hark

The Hitchcock romance and the '70s paranoid thriller / R. Barton Palmer

Exposing the lies of Hitchcock's truth / Walter Metz

Red blood on white bread : Hitchcock, Chabrol, and French cinema / Richard Neupert

"You're tellin' me you didn't see" : Hitchcock's Rear window and Antonioni's Blow-up / Frank P. Tomasulo

Melo-thriller : Hitchcock, genre, and nationalism in Pedro Almodóvar's Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown / Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz

"Knowing too much" about Hitchcock : the genesis of the Italian Giallo / Philippe Met

Death at work : Hitchcock's violence and spectator identification / Robert Sklar

Hitchcock and the classical paradigm / John Belton

How to steal from Hitchcock / Thomas M. Leitch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0292713371

029271338X

OCLC:

63116922

Publisher Number:

9780292713376

9780292713383

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