Main entry:

Walker.

Title & Author:

Hitchcock's Motifs.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2006.

Description:

1 online resource (492 p.).

Series:

Film Culture in Transition Series

Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Hitchcock, Motifs and Melodrama -- Introduction -- Three motifs -- Melodrama and Hitchcock's motifs -- An elaborated motif: the Bed Scene in Rebecca and Marnie -- A melodramatic motif: hands -- Diagrammatic representations -- Overview of the key motifs -- Part II The Key Motifs -- BED SCENE -- BLONDES AND BRUNETTES -- CAMEO APPEARANCES -- CHILDREN -- CONFINED SPACES -- THE CORPSE -- DOGS AND CATS -- DOUBLES -- ENDINGS AND THE POLICE -- ENTRY THROUGH A WINDOW -- EXHIBITIONISM / VOYEURISM / THE LOOK -- FOOD AND MEALS
GUILT AND CONFESSION -- HANDCUFFS AND BONDAGE -- HANDS -- HEIGHTS AND FALLING -- HOMOSEXUALITY -- JEWELLERY -- KEYS AND HANDBAGS -- LIGHT(S) -- THE MACGUFFIN -- MOTHERS AND HOUSES -- PORTRAITS, PAINTINGS AND PAINTERS -- PUBLIC DISTURBANCES -- SPECTACLES -- STAIRCASES -- TRAINS AND BOATS / PLANES AND BUSES -- WATER AND RAIN -- Appendix I: TV Episodes -- Appendix II: Articles on Hitchcock's motifs -- Appendix III: Definitions -- References -- Filmography -- List of illustrations -- Index of Hitchcock's films and their motifs -- General index -- Film Culture in Transition

Summary:

Hitchcock's work through his recurring motifs.

Resources:
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ISBN:

9789048505456
9048505453

Added entries:

Film Culture in Transition Series.