Hitchcock's Magic

By (author) Neil Badmington

Publication date:

01 April 2011

Length of book:

224 pages

Publisher

University of Wales Press

Dimensions:

216x138mm

ISBN-13: 9780708323700

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Why are we drawn to the work of Alfred Hitchcock so long after his final film appeared? What is the source of Hitchcock's magic? This book answers these questions by focussing upon the fabric of the films themselves, upon the way in which they enlist and sustain our desire, holding our attention by constantly withholding something from us.

Introduction - Hitchcock's Magic; or, How I Starred in Saboteur Chapter 1 - Ps/zycho Chapter 2 - Frame Tale: Rear Window and the Promise of Vision Chapter 3 - SpectRebecca Chapter 4 - Stories of 'O': North by Northwest and The Man Who Knew Too Much Chapter 5 - The Animals Who Knew Too Much: The Zoopoetics of The Birds Postscript: Into the Mystery Appendix: The films of Alfred Hitchcock