Hitchcock
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cinema
directing
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- ISBN 9780851707792
- Weight: 320g
- Dimensions: 152 x 232mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2000
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Susan Smith's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyses 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 demonstrates how Hitchcock's masterly integration of those elements is the key to his success as a film-maker.
Examining in detail such films as Sabotage, Notorious, Rear Window, Psycho, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope and The Birds, amongst many others, the book discusses the idea of the director as saboteur and the importance of 'the avoidance of cliché' in Hitchcock's narrative.
Susan Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sunderland, UK. She is a contributor to Alfred Hitchcock: Centenary Essays edited by Richard Allen and S, Ishii-Gonzalès (BFI, 1999).
