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The architecture of suspense : the built world in the films of Alfred Hitchcock / Christine Madrid French.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
French, Christine Madrid, author.
Contributor:
Project Muse
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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