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Hitchcock : suspense, humour and tone /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Susan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : British Film Institute, 2019.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A cinema based on Sabotage
  • 1
  • . 'The avoidance of cliche'
  • 7
  • . Reaffirming contract
  • 10
  • . Who Killed Cock Robin?
  • 11
  • 2. Suspense
  • 16
  • . Murder!: practising the art of suspense
  • 16
  • . Forms of address
  • 18
  • . Patterns of suspense
  • 25
  • . Suppression and surprise
  • 35
  • . Suspense and surprise
  • 39
  • . Rereading the text
  • 43
  • 3. Humour
  • 49
  • . Humour and suspense
  • 49
  • . Counter voices in Rope
  • 59
  • . Framed by irony
  • 63
  • . A notorious form of humour?
  • 69
  • 4. Mise en scene
  • 76
  • . Setting the scene
  • 76
  • . Point-of-view shot
  • 82
  • . Objects
  • 92
  • . Cameo device: Hitchcock, hunger and the single set film
  • 100
  • . Music
  • 104
  • 5. Tone and meaning in The Birds
  • 125
  • . A very avian form of sabotage
  • 125
  • . Seeing
  • feeling
  • knowing
  • 127
  • . A bird's eye view
  • 132
  • . Multiple perspectives, multiple readings
  • 135.