Hitchcock's objects as subjects : the significance of things on screen / Marc Raymond Strauss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strauss, Marc, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Motion pictures--Setting and scenery.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Focusing on onscreen objects in Hitchcock's films, this study examines the staircases, eyeglasses, lamps, doors, candles, cigarettes, buildings, monuments, statues and other props the director treated as subjective protagonists, with roles nearly equal to the actors' parts. Examining each of the director's 52 extant films, this book provides a comprehensive exploration of Hitchcock's treatment of objects as subjects"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface; Introduction; The Pleasure Garden (1925); The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927); Downhill (1927); Easy Virtue (1927); The Ring (1927); The Farmer's Wife (1928); Champagne (1928); The Manxman (1929); Blackmail (1929); Juno and the Paycock (1930); Murder! (1930); The Skin Game (1931); Rich and Strange (1932); Number Seventeen (1932); Waltzes from Vienna (1933); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934); The 39 Steps (1935); Secret Agent (1936); Sabotage (1936); Young and Innocent (1937); The Lady Vanishes (1938); Jamaica Inn (1939); Rebecca (1940); Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)Suspicion (1941); Saboteur (1942); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Lifeboat (1944); Spellbound (1945); Notorious (1946); The Paradine Case (1947); Rope (1948); Under Capricorn (1949); Stage Fright (1950); Strangers on a Train (1951); I Confess (1952); Dial M for Murder (1954); Rear Window (1954); To Catch a Thief (1955); The Trouble with Harry (1955); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Wrong Man (1957); Vertigo (1958); North by Northwest (1959); Psycho (1960); The Birds (1963); Marnie (1964); Torn Curtain (1966); Topaz (1969); Frenzy (1972); Family Plot (1976)

ConclusionBibliography; List of Names and Terms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2248-5