Hitchcock's motifs / Michael Walker

Englisch

Amsterdam : Amsterdam Univ. Press, c2005

Online-Ressource (490 p) : ill

Filmography: p. [431]-462 -- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-429) indexes

Print version: Hitchcock's Motifs

90-5356-772-0

90-5356-773-9

978-90-485-0545-6

Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama; Part II The Key Motifs; Appendix I: TV Episodes; Appendix II: Articles on Hitchcock's motifs; Appendix III: Definitions; References; Filmography; List of illustrations; Index of Hitchcock's films and their motifs; General Index

Part I.Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama.Introduction Three motifs.Home moviesCigarette case/lighterMilkMelodrama and Hitchcock's motifsAn elaborated motif: the Bed Scene in Rebecca and MarnieA melodramatic motif: handsDiagrammatic representationsOverview of the key motifsPart II.The Key Motifs.BED SCENECouples and bedsBeds and the policeBLONDES AND BRUNETTESCAMEO APPEARANCESCameos and the policeCHILDRENChildren's cameosFamily membersChildren and violenceChildren and the policeCONFINED SPACESBathrooms and washroomsConfinement and concealmentCages and bars: fears of imprisonmentWashrooms and the policeTHE CORPSEThe heroinesThe heroesThe villainsCorpses and the policeDOGS AND CATSDogs and the policeDOUBLESDoubles and the policeENDINGS AND THE POLICEENTRY THROUGH A WINDOWEntry through a window and the policeEXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISM / THE LOOKEXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISMSPY FILMS / THE LOOKExhibitionism, voyeurism and the policeFOOD AND MEALSFood and marriageFood and sexFood and murderFood and guiltChickens and eggsTable talk and fascismFood and the policeGUILTAND CONFESSIONCatholic overtonesGuilt and Hitchcock's villainsTransference of guiltGuilt, confession and the policeHANDCUFFS AND BONDAGEHANDSMale hands/female handsHeld wristsDamaged handsHolding handsHands and the policeHEIGHTS AND FALLINGHeights, falling and the policeHOMOSEXUALITYCritical positionsGay undercurrentsEspionage and the lookIvor NovelloHomosexuality and the policeJEWELLERYGreedStatusFemale desireFemale beauty/male powerMale murderousnessJewellery and the policeKEYS AND HANDBAGSKEYSKeys and handbagsHANDBAGSHandbags and keysKeys, handbags and the policeLIGHT(S)Vampires and blindingMurder and homosexualityLights and the policeTHE MACGUFFINThe MacGuffin and the policeMOTHERS AND HOUSESMothers and the policePORTRAITS, PAINTINGS AND PAINTERSPORTRAITSPAINTINGSModern artPAINTERSPortraits, paintings and the policePUBLIC DISTURBANCESPublic disturbances and the policeSPECTACLESSpectacles and the policeSTAIRCASESHitchcockian levelsPolitical variationsSinister staircasesFreudian overtonesCouples and staircasesStaircases and the policeTRAINS AND BOATS / PLANES AND BUSESTRAINSBOATSPLANESBUSESTrains and boats and the policeWATER AND RAINWATERRAINWater and the policeAppendix I:TV Episodes.BED SCENECHILDRENCONFINED SPACESTHE CORPSEDOUBLESFOOD AND MURDER / ENDINGS AND THE POLICELIGHTSBOATSAppendix II:Articles on Hitchcock's motifsAppendix III:Definitions.DiegesisPoint-of-view editing.

*Hitchcock, Alfred *1899-1980* / Film / Motiv

*Motion pictures -- Biography ; Hitchcock, Alfred -- 1899-1980 -- Themes, motives

*Film, TV & radio ; Individual film directors, film-makers

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PN1998.3.H58

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 791.4302/33092;

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: AP 51170: A Allgemeines / AP Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften, Kommunikationsdesign / AP 40000-AP 59900 Film / AP 50800-AP 51410 Inszenierung und Regie / AP 51000-AP 51400 Einzelne Regisseure / Hitchcock, Alfred

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Among the abundant Alfred Hitchcock literature, Hitchcock's Motifs has found a fresh angle. Starting from recurring objects, settings, character-types and events, Michael Walker tracks some forty motifs, themes and clusters across the whole of Hitchcock's oeuvre, including not only all his 52 extant feature films but also representative episodes from his TV series. Connections and deeper inflections that Hitchcock fans may have long sensed or suspected can now be seen for what they are: an intricately spun web of cross-references which gives this unique artist's work the depth, consistency and resonance that justifies Hitchcock's place as probably the best know film director ever. The title, the first book-length study of the subject, can be used as a mini-encyclopaedia of Hitchcock's motifs, but the individual entries also give full attention to the wider social contexts, hidden sources and the sometimes unconscious meanings present in the work and solidly linking it to its time and place

 

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Palo Alto, Calif : ebrary, 2009

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