Secret agents / Tom Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Tom, 1953-

Series:

Hitchcock's cryptonymies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spy films--History and criticism.

Spy films.

War films--History and criticism.

War films.

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

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This first volume of Hitchcock's Cryptonymies provides a singularly close reading of The Lady Vanishes, Spellbound, and North by Northwest, exposing the visual and aural puns, graphic elements, and cryptograms that traverse his entire body of work. Within Hitchcock's cinema, Tom Cohen argues, these ""secret agents"" have more than just symbolic significance; they also reflect and disrupt traditional cinematic practice.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: The Blind of Ocularcentrism; Part I. Police, Criminals, and the Mediatric State; 1. The Avenging Fog of Media: The Lodger as Host; 2. A User's Guide to Hitchcock's Signature Systems; 3. Espionage in the Teletechnic Empire; 4. Blackmail in the Universal Reading Room; Part II. The Spies' Post Office; 5. The Archival Wars of ""Old Man R""; 6. The Slave Revolt of Memory: R to the Power of Gamma; 7. Contretemps: Secret Agency in the Chocolate Factory; 8. Animation Blackout: The Sabotage of Aura; Part III. State of the Image

9. Solar Fronts: Politics of the Post-Enlightenment10. Zarathustran Hitchcock; 11. Extraterritoriality: An In-House Affair at the Embassy of Ao-; Coda: Exploding Cameos; Notes; Index of Films; B; F; I; J; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816695164

0816695164

OCLC:

476095799