Hitchcock and hospitality / Ned Schantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schantz, Ned, 1969- author.

Series:

SUNY Series, Horizons of Cinema Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Hitchcock, Alfred.

Hospitality in motion pictures.

Tourism in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 223 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2026.

Summary:

Unfolds the central importance of broken hospitality in the director's work.Hitchcock and Hospitality argues that the violation of hospitality is a driving force behind Alfred Hitchcock's work.

Contents:

Preface – Introduction. Female Hospitality ; Hospitality and Its Discontents ; Barriers to Entry? ; The Chapters – 1. Hospitality and the Scene of Contract. The Seduction of Swann ; Hosting the Viewer ; Illuminating the Space of Sexuality ; The Lonely Flat ; Hosting the Police – 2. In and Out of the Frame. Part 1: Composure and Composition. The Female Dishevelment Project : The Birds and Lifeboat

Part II: Shadow Scenes. A Tale of Two Tracking Shots : Rebecca and Rope ; The Rebecca Effect ; False Dawns ; Lost Scenes, Lost Cameras

3. Getting Hitched. Party Time ; The Hospitality of Scottie Ferguson in Vertigo ; Weathering the Storm of Marnie ; Married and Everything : The Case of Mr. & Mrs. Smith

4. American Hospitality in Saboteur and North by Northwest. Part I: The Hero's Welcome. Female Hospitality and the Suppressed Gothic

Part II: Parasite Lost. Dinner on a Train ; Train Ellipsis ; Children of the Corn

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-558-0679-3

OCLC:

1584386479