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Marnie
Murray Pomerance
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Description for Marnie
Paperback. A thrilling tale of anxiety and moral extremity, Marnie (1964) cemented Hitchcock's reputation as a master of suspense and the visual form. Murray Pomerance's stimulating and original introduction to this classic film sparks new critical discussion and provides fresh insights into Marnie's character and her historical and geographical contexts. Series: BFI Film Classics. Num Pages: 96 pages, 24 black & white halftones, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
A thrilling tale of anxiety and moral extremity, Marnie (1964) cemented Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a master of suspense and the visual form.
Murray Pomerance here ranges through the many tortuous and thrilling passages of Marnie, weaving critical discussion together with production history to reveal Marnie as a woman in flight from her self, her past, her love, and the eyes of surveilling others. Challenging many received opinions – including claims of technical sloppiness and the proposal that Marnie's marriage night is a 'rape scene' – Pomerance sheds new light on a film that can ... Read more
A thrilling tale of anxiety and moral extremity, Marnie (1964) cemented Alfred Hitchcock's reputation as a master of suspense and the visual form.
Murray Pomerance here ranges through the many tortuous and thrilling passages of Marnie, weaving critical discussion together with production history to reveal Marnie as a woman in flight from her self, her past, her love, and the eyes of surveilling others. Challenging many received opinions – including claims of technical sloppiness and the proposal that Marnie's marriage night is a 'rape scene' – Pomerance sheds new light on a film that can ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
BFI Film Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844576548
SKU
V9781844576548
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99-50
About Murray Pomerance
Murray Pomerance is Professor of Sociology at Ryerson University, Canada. He is the editor of numerous series, and author of many books, including The Eyes Have It: Cinema and the Reality Effect and Alfred Hitchcock's America.
Reviews for Marnie
Pomerance's eloquent (and, yes, impassioned) study offers a welcome complement to the expanding body of work on Marnie, thoughtfully building on what went before and offering fresh insights and new lines of enquiry.
University of Sunderland
Susan Smith
University of Sunderland
Susan Smith