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The architecture of suspense : the built world in the films of Alfred Hitchcock / Christine Madrid French.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- French, Christine Madrid, author.
- Series:
- Midcentury (Charlottesville, Va.)
- Midcentury : architecture, landscape, urbanism, and design
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hitchcock, Alfred.
- Architecture in motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 238 pages) : illustrations (some color.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- (from table of contents) Foreword / by Alan Hess
- Introduction
- Alfred Hitchcock's American experience
- The villain's lair: modernist houses
- Urban honeycombs: skyscrapers and apartments
- American roadside: mansions and motels
- Architects and the art of film
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. Real motels listed in production notes for Psycho, 1959
- Appendix B. Alfred Hitchcock's thirty major American films
- Appendix C. Fifty films to watch.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: French, Christine Madrid. Architecture of suspense
- ISBN:
- 9780813947686 (electronic bk.)
- 0813947685 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 99995559534
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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