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A voyage with Hitchcock / Murray Pomerance.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pomerance, Murray, 1946- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980--Criticism and interpretation.
Hitchcock, Alfred.
Travel in motion pictures.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)--History and criticism.
Thrillers (Motion pictures).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (374 pages)
Place of Publication:
Albany, New York : SUNY Press, [2021]
Summary:
Extensive meditations on the theme of the voyage in six Hitchcock films: Psycho, The 39 Steps, The Birds, Dial M for Murder, Rich and Strange, and Suspicion.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Where We Go from Here
1. Whither Thou Goest: Psycho, Metamorphosis, Mother
The Water Runs
The Chain of Chances
The Sound of Silence
Boy's Best Friend
Interlude: A Hand Job
Hard Ware
Three Journeys of Psycho
[A] To and From the Past
[B] Place
[C] Profane
2. "God made the country": Remember The 39 Steps
A Living Encyclopedia
Steps
In a Croft
Memories
The Union
Unresolved
3. "Where do you come from?": Hitchcock's Winged Victory
Apocalypse
Interlude: 'Ologies
New World
Idée fixe
I Remember Mama
Traum(a)
Lacunae
In the Country
Things Fall Apart
Ep ilogue
4. Say Nice Things or Dial M for Murder
Interlude: A Room with a View
The Wrong Fugue
Tennis Wrist
Best Laid Plans
A Chain of Rings
Motive and Motif
The Fire That Purifies
Flawless
Talking Points, or Points Talking
Once Upon a Time
A Feinting Spell
5. Rich and Strange: To the End of the World and Back Again
Compass
Into the Sun
L'Invitation au voyage
The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow
To the Far Away
Itinerary
A Hitchcockian Passport
Class
Mystery
Destinations
6. Legal Tender: Suspicion, Passion, Perplexity
On the Rails
Blithe Spirit
Chance
The Knot
Tangmere Tangles
Cary Grant's Grant
Eccentricities
All the News That Fits
Diffident
Innocent Men
Riddle
Three Paths to Happ enstance
Left Behind
Doubt
Milk
A Cinematic Gesture
Notes
Works Cited
Index.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781438485263
1438485263

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