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After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality
David Boyd
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Description for After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality
Paperback. Including essays by leading film scholars, this work reveals the richness and variety of Alfred Hitchcock's legacy, tracing his shaping influence on particular films, filmmakers, genres, and even on film criticism. It also investigates developments within film culture and academic film study. Editor(s): Boyd, David; Palmer, R. Barton. Num Pages: 290 pages, 14 b&w photos. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the most famous director to have ever made a film. Almost single-handedly he turned the suspense thriller into one of the most popular film genres of all time, while his Psycho updated the horror film and inspired two generations of directors to imitate and adapt this most Hitchcockian of movies. Yet while much scholarly and popular attention has focused on the director's oeuvre, until now there has been no extensive study of how Alfred Hitchcock's films and methods have affected and transformed the history of the film medium. In this book, ... Read more
Alfred Hitchcock is arguably the most famous director to have ever made a film. Almost single-handedly he turned the suspense thriller into one of the most popular film genres of all time, while his Psycho updated the horror film and inspired two generations of directors to imitate and adapt this most Hitchcockian of movies. Yet while much scholarly and popular attention has focused on the director's oeuvre, until now there has been no extensive study of how Alfred Hitchcock's films and methods have affected and transformed the history of the film medium. In this book, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292713383
SKU
V9780292713383
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About David Boyd
David Boyd is Research Associate in Film and English at the University of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. R. Barton Palmer is Calhoun Lemon Professor of Literature at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina, and author or editor of many books, including Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America and After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality.
Reviews for After Hitchcock: Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality
All in all, After Hitchcock is a readable and informative anthology that dares to present a different take on Hitchcock.
Film International
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