ISBN:
9053567720
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9053567739
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9789048505456
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (490 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Film culture in transition
Parallel Title:
Print version Hitchcock's Motifs
Keywords:
Hitchcock, Alfred Themes, motives
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Motion pictures Biography
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Film, TV & radio
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Individual film directors, film-makers
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Electronic book
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Hitchcock, Alfred 1899-1980
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Film
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Motiv
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
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
Note:
Filmography: p. [431]-462 -- Includes bibliographical references (p. [421]-429) indexes
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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
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