The Hitchcock Romance Love and Irony in Hitchcock's Films / Brill, Lesley, 1943-.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brill, Lesley, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irony in motion pictures.

Love in motion pictures.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899--Criticism and interpretation.

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899.

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

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 1988

Summary:

Was Alfred Hitchcock a cynical trifler with his audience's emotions, as he liked to pretend? Or was he a profoundly humane artist? Most commentators leave Hitchcock's self-assessment unquestioned, but this book shows that his movies convey an affectionate, hopeful understanding of human nature and the redemptive possibilities of love. Lesley Brill discusses Hitchcock's work as a whole and examines in detail twenty-two films, from perennial favorites like North by Northwest to neglected masterpieces like Rich and Strange.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FRAME ENLARGEMENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. North by Northwest and Romance

2. Young and Innocent: Comic Romances of False Accusation

3. Mixed Romances

4. Do Not Presume: Irony

5. "I Look Up, I Look Down"

6. Bygones be Bygones

7. "Love's Not Time's Fool"

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691002866

069100286X

OCLC:

1273305905