Reassessing The Hitchcock Touch: Industry, Collaboration, And Filmmaking
by Wieland Schwanebeck /
2017 / English / PDF
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This volume is dedicated to the elusive category of the Hitchcock
Touch, the qualities and techniques which had manifested in
Alfred Hitchcock’s own films yet which cannot be limited to the
realm of Hitchcockian cinema alone. While the first section of
this collection focuses on Hitchcock’s own films and the various
people who made important artistic contributions to them, the
subsequent chapters draw wider circles. Case studies focusing on
the branding effects associated with Hitchcockian cinema and its
seductive qualities highlight the paratextual dimension of his
films and the importance of his well-publicized persona, while
the final section addresses both Hitchcock’s formative period, as
well as other filmmakers who drew upon the Hitchcock Touch. The
collection not only serves as an introduction to the field of
Hitchcock scholarship for a wider audience, it also delivers
in-depth assessments of the lesser-known early period of his
career, in addition to providing new takes on canonical films
like
This volume is dedicated to the elusive category of the Hitchcock
Touch, the qualities and techniques which had manifested in
Alfred Hitchcock’s own films yet which cannot be limited to the
realm of Hitchcockian cinema alone. While the first section of
this collection focuses on Hitchcock’s own films and the various
people who made important artistic contributions to them, the
subsequent chapters draw wider circles. Case studies focusing on
the branding effects associated with Hitchcockian cinema and its
seductive qualities highlight the paratextual dimension of his
films and the importance of his well-publicized persona, while
the final section addresses both Hitchcock’s formative period, as
well as other filmmakers who drew upon the Hitchcock Touch. The
collection not only serves as an introduction to the field of
Hitchcock scholarship for a wider audience, it also delivers
in-depth assessments of the lesser-known early period of his
career, in addition to providing new takes on canonical films
likeVertigo
Vertigo (1958) and
(1958) andFrenzy
Frenzy (1972).
(1972).