After Hitchcock

Published by University of Texas Press 2006

After Hitchcock

Influence, Imitation, and Intertextuality

Edited by: David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer

https://doi.org/10.7560/713376

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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, thirteen original essays by leading film scholars reveal the richness and variety of Alfred Hitchcock's legacy as they trace his shaping influence on particular films, filmmakers, genres, and even on film criticism. Some essays concentrate on films that imitate Hitchcock in diverse ways, including the movies of Brian de Palma and thrillers such as True Lies, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dead Again. Other essays look at genres that have been influenced by Hitchcock's work, including the 1970s paranoid thriller, the Italian giallo film, and the post-Psycho horror film. The remaining essays investigate developments within film culture and academic film study, including the enthusiasm of French New Wave filmmakers for Hitchcock's work, his influence on the filmic representation of violence in the post-studio Hollywood era, and the ways in which his films have become central texts for film theorists.

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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 South Carolina, where he directs the Film Studies Program.

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"All in all, After Hitchcock is a readable and informative anthology that dares to present a different take on Hitchcock."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: PSYCHO RECYCLED
For Ever Hitchcock Psycho and Its Remakes Constantine Verevis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Hitchcockian Silence Psycho and Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs Lesley Brill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
PART II: THE RETURN OF THE REPRESSED
Shadows of Shadow of a Doubt Adam Knee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Psycho or Psychic? Hitchcock, Dead Again, and the Paranormal Ina Rae Hark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
PART III: THE POLITICS OF INTERTEXTUALITY
The Hitchcock Romance and the ’70s Paranoid Thriller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Exposing the Lies of Hitchcock’s Truth Walter Metz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
PART IV: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Red Blood on White Bread: Hitchcock, Chabrol, and French Cinema Richard Neupert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
“You’re Tellin’ Me You Didn’t See” Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Antonioni’s Blow-Up Frank P. Tomasulo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Melo-Thriller Hitchcock, Genre, and Nationalism in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
“Knowing Too Much” about Hitchcock The Genesis of the Italian Giallo Philippe Met Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
PART V: THEORETICALLY HITCHCOCKIAN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Death at Work Hitchcock’s Violence and Spectator Identification Robert Sklar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	217
Hitchcock and the Classical Paradigm John Belton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
PART VI: MODUS OPERANDI
How to Steal from Hitchcock Thomas M. Leitch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: October 25, 2021
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