Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and ToneThe author's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyzes the key elements of suspense, humour and tone across the whole of the director's career. Arguing that all three are central to our viewing experience the book aims to demonstrate how Hitchcock's integration of these elements is the key to his success as a filmmaker. |
Contents
A cinema based on Sabotage 17 | 1 |
Humour | 49 |
Mise en scène | 76 |
Copyright | |
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Alex Alex's Alfred Hitchcock Alicia Annie's aspects attempt audience Bates becomes Bernard Herrmann bird attacks bomb scene Brandon's cameo camera Cary Grant Cathy Chapter character's characters CineAction comic complex construed critical crucial Deborah Thomas diegesis diegetic director's earlier effect emotional epistemic example fact feel female protagonist's Film Music Film Noir film-maker film-maker's film's heightened Herb and Joe's Hitchcock's cinema Hitchcock's films Hitchcock's Films Revisited humour Ian Cameron Ibid identification implied involvement Janet Jeffries joke Kentley Kentley's Leitch Lifeboat lovebirds Lydia MacGuffin male protagonist Marnie Melanie Melanie's metafilmic mise en scène Miss Lonelyhearts Mitch Movie murder narrative world Norman's North by Northwest notion Notorious object overall Paradine party point of view point-of-view shot privileged provides Psycho reading relationship Robin Wood role Rope Rothman Rupert's Sabotage sense sequence shared suspense Stevie strategy suggests suppressive narrative surprise tendency tension thriller tonal tone Truffaut University Press Verloc Vertigo viewer
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